[foob]

Did you have the newsroom angle and monetization plan in mind when you started working on Datasette? Or did you start working on it first and then come to the monetization strategy after you realized that it resonated with people?

[simonw]

It's been inspired by newsrooms and data journalism since the start, see https://simonwillison.net/2018/Aug/19/instantly-publish-data... for the story.