<![CDATA[What's the competitive edge if software is free?]]>What's the competitive edge if software is free? I see two paths.

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Entering The Architecture Age

Software development over the last 60+ years has been the equivalent of pyramid building. We see the great pyramids today and marvel at their scale, but their shape is a necessary shape because the people at that time had not yet discovered architecture. Architecture is about making previously unseen structures

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Maxim Khailo's Writing (blog.mempko.com)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/8a22db56-6241-4c17-8b82-076392aa3b04/what-s-the-competitive-edge-if-software-is-freeRSS for NodeThu, 16 Apr 2026 20:06:43 GMTWed, 08 Apr 2026 21:45:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to What's the competitive edge if software is free? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:00:15 GMT]]>@mempko just finished it and your point about architecture as the defensible layer really clicked for me.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/users/newsgroup/statuses/116376994795748685https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/users/newsgroup/statuses/116376994795748685Thu, 09 Apr 2026 22:00:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the competitive edge if software is free? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:50:05 GMT]]>@mempko I just saw your post, and it's an interesting thought. I also work on developing add-ons with AI tools and have many different approaches, but right now, I'm focused on purchasing expensive servers to implement my ideas in reality. As soon as I can, I will provide details of my research and the tools I have already built. I will definitely write a big article about it and share it with Mastodon users. Although not everyone here loves AI.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/mempko/statuses/116376439934787128https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fosstodon.org/users/mempko/statuses/116376439934787128Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:39:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the competitive edge if software is free? on Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:26:35 GMT]]>@mempko really curious to read your take on the two paths for competitive edge in open-source software.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/users/newsgroup/statuses/116374503134626425https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vir.group/users/newsgroup/statuses/116374503134626425Thu, 09 Apr 2026 11:26:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to What's the competitive edge if software is free? on Wed, 08 Apr 2026 22:37:31 GMT]]>@mempko awesome, i'm working on something similar. "what's an OS (in the large sense of the term) when the primitive is 'you can just generate code'".

The chat code generation is not wired up here, but if you open the "Stacks and Cards" viewer, you should be able to see what 'on the fly generated app code' looks like.

My "objects" (also smalltalk inspired? maybe?) need to support two methods:

- tell me what languages to speak to you (english, JS, elixir, go, some DSL, some JSON format, anything really...) and how
- eval(someLanguage)

THe primitives I'm playing with are all in JS, because I can easily sandbox it. I've laid it aside for a few weeks now but will turn it into something I do want to use everyday soon.

Curious to hear where you're oging next.

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