alt Hacker NewsApparently they were 8+ people, in 2024 team size was 6 and were hiring 2 more [0] and in 2020 they had $2m+ ARR [1].
Honestly, while I feel bad for the people who lost their jobs the news aren't exactly surprising. Overhiring is a game for VC funded OSS like bun, not usually a good idea for bootstrapped companies.
[0]: https://tailwindcss.com/blog/hiring-a-design-engineer-and-st...
[1]: https://adamwathan.me/tailwindcss-from-side-project-byproduc...
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ZephyrBlu • last Wednesday at 6:27 PM
On his morning walk/podcast thing about the topic he said 75% of the team = 3 developers
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TaylorOtwell1 • last Wednesday at 6:22 PM
Tailwind had several times more than 2M / ARR at their peak.
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> 2020 they had $2m+ ARR
You've got an extra "R" in there. In 2020 their only revenue from was non-recurring lifetime software purchases. Like SaaS if you had a 100% churn rate.