Since I work on Infra devtools, I made notes on this week& #39;s @a16zLIVE infra discussion with @martin_casado, @davidu and @bhorowitz: https://codingcareer.circle.so/c/devtools/a16z-on-infra-companies

Most">https://codingcareer.circle.so/c/devtool... https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer"> take in the hour was Martin noting that Open Source is becoming irrelevant - it& #39;s mostly marketing:

Request for Startup:

A @Zuora for Usage-based, not Subscription-based, billing.

When business models shift, infra tools must shift accordingly. We had to deal with this exact problem at @netlify. If you& #39;re building this, DM me, I have more thoughts for you.

One of my big takeaways from @BessemerVP& #39;s #StateOfTheCloud was similar - pricing around a clear usage-based value metric get amazing net dollar retention.

#Usage-based-pricing">https://www.bvp.com/atlas/state-of-the-cloud-2021 #Usage-based-pricing

A">https://www.bvp.com/atlas/sta... relatable app example is Slack - they only charge for active users and call it "Fair Billing"

this response from @grahamneray puts the quandary in historical context - are we just cosplaying open source when really we should just be going for the full cloud offering with a nice free tier? https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😬" title="Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grimasse schneidendes Gesicht">

@asynchio still looking forward for you having that chat with Martin. Friday? https://twitter.com/grahamneray/status/1378414401896779789">https://twitter.com/grahamner...

Martin and Peter held a followup discussion here with @schrockn, @littleidea and Christian Kleinerman covering much of the points already made in the replies to this thread. SaaS is more than code, most headcount is on proprietary software. https://a16z-live.simplecast.com/episodes/the-future-of-open-source-in-the-era-of-saas-on-a16z-infra-hPouSmLQ">https://a16z-live.simplecast.com/episodes/...