[azirbel]

Sad to hear this news, but also excited to hear that Sandstorm is continuing as an open source project.

I'm mainly excited because Sandstorm makes indie web apps viable. I've been amazed to see how quickly members of the Sandstorm community can spin up sophisticated apps like collaborative editing or file sharing. If you have a framework like Meteor to handle sync, and Sandstorm handles authentication and sharing, then you can make a serious multi-user app in a weekend.

Even better, once you've made your app, you don't have to worry about security or scaling. So a junior developer could make an app which stores my sensitive financial information, and I'd still try it because I trust Sandstorm to keep my data safe even if the app is poorly written.

Sandstorm's foundation is solid, and I think a few UI and developer-happiness improvements will make this a reality. Wishing the team all the best!