Thanks! Open-source has been fantastic for us. We've only recently launched our cloud platform, yet we've had a good sized community using Budibase and feeding back issues, feature requests etc. for ages. Building an open-source product has been so rewarding that way.
Of course, you're exactly right - we now have another ball to juggle; keeping our cloud up and running!
It took us nearly 3 years to open our cloud up, but I'm so glad that we left it this long. Only now do we have the engineering resource to handle open-source/self-host and cloud whilst still keeping the pace of development up.
So, for tips - work on product, product, product. Build your community and give them a great open-source offering. Your community will give back in return - even pure product feedback is gold. Then launch cloud when your direction is solid and you're confident in your product.
Of course, you're exactly right - we now have another ball to juggle; keeping our cloud up and running!
It took us nearly 3 years to open our cloud up, but I'm so glad that we left it this long. Only now do we have the engineering resource to handle open-source/self-host and cloud whilst still keeping the pace of development up.
So, for tips - work on product, product, product. Build your community and give them a great open-source offering. Your community will give back in return - even pure product feedback is gold. Then launch cloud when your direction is solid and you're confident in your product.