Developing Open Source Coding Tools with Daniel Loreto

The Business of Open Source

Daniel Loreto, the founder of Jetpack.io, is a massive believer in transforming how engineers scale their backend for cloud-based platforms. Deeply rooted in the tech industry, Loretto takes great pride in building tools to large usage scales and utilizing them to attend to the needs of his users and community.

On this episode of the Business of Open Source, Hear about the inner workings of jetpack.io and its challenges in its history. Also, listen to Loreto's tips for success for a startup, his navigation of open source and proprietary coding, and why Loreto is not an open source purist.

Highlights:

• The history of jetpack.io (3:31)
• Pursuing the open source model (4:53)
• Got to move fast as a startup (6:38)
• Re-integrating feedback into your work (7:43)
• Why an open source project (8:48)
• Open source code vs. proprietary code (10:55)
• Unexpected challenges ( 12:15)
• Not an open-source purist (14:54)
• Challenges in selling open source products (16:47)
• Developing guidelines for jetpack.io (17:42)
• Success does not mean success (20:01)
• Lessons from building a company (23:13)