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by ergocoder 1700 days ago
For every remoteok.io which is a single PHP file and makes $100k a month, there are 1000 of failed job boards. I suppose this is the reality.
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There it simply becomes a marketing project not a software project.
It's true, but developers don't like to hear that because we like writing code not marketing shit.
Yep, the site (CRUD at best) is a poster child of non application. It's more like a beautiful movie star selling beauty product.
This is the best description I have seen. I never thought of it that way
it helps that Pieter Levels is insanely good at promoting and growing his projects/businesses.