Interesting: http://blog.ghost.org/year-2/
Not a fan of Ghost myself, but interesting break down. The Ghost.org domain was bought for $33K.
Not a fan of Ghost myself, but interesting break down. The Ghost.org domain was bought for $33K.
I did for a bit. Will likely consider it again in the future. I'm a big fan of Ghost, but less so of node.js in general.jar, i though your blog used to run Ghost platform previously for like a few weeks if i am not mistaken before you convert to wordpress?
Personally, i like Ghost for it's simplicity when they first initially rolled out, i was all-hyped and even used them myself, but since i'm too lazy to blog, i abandoned my blog later on...
with the ghost breakdown on how they spent those money, they are being very transparent and kudos to them.
Honestly the fact they have money in hand is still a really good thing. Dell's aren't cheap, you pay a high premium for the fast repair contracts as well as Dell's firmware lockin's they do on their PERC cards.They sure like spending money. Too much rapid monthly churn.
Having moved over to Node.js (after trying to move to Python as main language, and it not working out), it's probably the healthiest ecosystem I've run across. Semantic versioning almost across the board, very high average code quality, people are not afraid to refactor large amounts of code once it starts getting messy, a large and well-modularized package ecosystem, no package version conflicts due to project-local dependencies, high-level (often informally standardized) constructs like streams, great documentation for both core and third-party code, an active and actually helpful community... the Node.js ecosystem gets almost everything right.I'm not a fan of what it's built on, despite the popularity of node.js it just feels like a passing trend to me, not the long term standard that something like PHP is for web app development.
Yet, I'm a big fan of Ghost. This is quite interesting to see how they spent their money. Props to them for the insight.
I have to agree here. I understand the desire to build a proper infrastructure but I see no reason for those hardware investments when they could launch on a reputable/scalable provider and eventually grow into a dedicated infrastructure.They sure like spending money. Too much rapid monthly churn.
Apparently they are. They list $18,000 as monthly salaries for four people. If you assume that there's an additional 30% in taxes/benefits paid on top of whatever they get as actual salary (and that's being cheap), then those people are making $3460 a month (+30% = $4500, which is 1/4 of $18,000). That's $41K a year each.Developers aren't cheap either.
Haha I think they'll have another jobApparently they are. They list $18,000 as monthly salaries for four people. If you assume that there's an additional 30% in taxes/benefits paid on top of whatever they get as actual salary (and that's being cheap), then those people are making $3460 a month (+30% = $4500, which is 1/4 of $18,000). That's $41K a year each.
Hopefully they either live in third world economies or got some stock and a cot in the back
Servers aren't assets in such a company. Not like when it fails they are going to rent them to dedicated customers.... Deep devaluation as soon as they take delivery. Reason why cash structures are commonly used for gear - leasing or similar long term software wallet punches stretched over multiple years.I have to agree here. I understand the desire to build a proper infrastructure but I see no reason for those hardware investments when they could launch on a reputable/scalable provider and eventually grow into a dedicated infrastructure.
Cost of an employee long has been to write $100k on the books you need to cover per year - for professional folks. Salary or hourly compensation is just a fraction of the total cost.Apparently they are. They list $18,000 as monthly salaries for four people. If you assume that there's an additional 30% in taxes/benefits paid on top of whatever they get as actual salary (and that's being cheap), then those people are making $3460 a month (+30% = $4500, which is 1/4 of $18,000). That's $41K a year each.
Hopefully they either live in third world economies or got some stock and a cot in the back