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morpheuskafkatoday at 3:02 AM1 replyview on HN

> Who uses 11ty? NASA, CERN, the TC39 committee, W3C, Google, Microsoft, Mozilla, Apache, freeCodeCamp, to name a few.

> Imagine if Build Awesome actually reached out to people who regularly make static sites. You know, the userbases on NeoCities or MelonLand or 32-bit Cafe?

One minute you are saying large companies use the product, the next that it was always for hobbyists and shouldn't target corporate features?

> In truth, I myself have started a business that has a near identical concept to Build Awesome. Berry House is my independent web studio

> The difference is though that my model is pay-what-you-can, or pro bono. I developed Calgary Groups for a client and charged $5/hour for my dev work.

That is not a business -- no profit motive. (Working less than minimum wage, even.) Not a good benchmark for comparing what an actual business like Font Awesome should do.


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plumthreadstoday at 6:14 AM

> One minute you are saying large companies use the product, the next that it was always for hobbyists and shouldn't target corporate features?

You are conflating 11ty with Build Awesome (pro)

> That is not a business -- no profit motive. It is most definitely a business, even if you don't think it will make a lot of money. Also the whole point of comparison is claiming that people will not pay that much money for Build Awesome.