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MangoCoffee • yesterday at 10:50 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

i found Mitchell's answer to someone's question regarding why buy a open source software company, very interesting.

https://x.com/mitchellh/status/2118017893921436019?a=bCZdMwC...

code/coding isn't valuable. the problem solving skill is what set a good and bad engineer apart.

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throwaway2037 • yesterday at 11:16 PM

For those too lazy to open the Twitter/X link:

    > @0xTMK: Why do companies acquire open source software companies if everyone can already access the repos?
    > @mitchellh: Because code by itself isn't valuable. Coding is the easy part.
So... acqui-hire? No hate on that, but this team must be wildly talented.
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