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I don't get it.

There are dozens of amazing open source projects posted on HN every week, and on average, the ones out of these that are outstanding and could be turned into a business model are countless every month.

So I don't understand what makes this project stand out so much that it's like leaving money on the table. (this is the first time I'm seeing a comment where the money is apparently on the table because the project is so good).

Good software product/service is a tiny aspect of doing business and turning a profit. The money doesn't appear magically on the table!

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Because lots of us see where this fits in the market. Businesses want to leave wordpress, and wix/squarespace are almost exclusively targeting non-technical users.

This type of approach lets a technical person work with the marketing team so that the site can be both easy to update and optimized for business needs.

You’re right that good software/service does not automatically mean profit, but you’re missing the understanding that if you serve a hungry demographic, you only need a MVP to bring in revenue.

Who says businesses are trying to leave Wordpress? Anyone got any data backing the claim?

I just don’t see it. Ghost already tried and gave up. There’s tons of Wordpress competitors out there. I could be wrong but where’s the data?

I'm curious, do you have any data backing your claim that Ghost 'tried and gave up'? Just wondering.

My personal experience as a freelance wordpress tuner.

Part of the problem is the drain of the plugins they load up, but invariably Wordpress would be far less useful to them without those plugins, so they just end up wrestling with it all the time wishing there was an alternative.

I tried forestry and found the static site development very fragmented. There are:

1. git service providers 2. SSGs 3. CMSs 4. Static site hosting providers

If one is targeting end users who just want to write, it's quite hard to beat WordPress since the experience is completely streamlined.

Absolutely. And far too often the profit side chokes the product side.

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