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by samuelstros 709 days ago
disclaimer: i'm the founder of https://inlang.com/

monetizing your solution will likely be a dead end.

the value prop of your solution doesn't match the app you built, and what buyers pay for. for example, machine translating translation files is easier for you to build and developers to use with a cli [0] instead of a web app. there is no value in rendering json in the web app. vscode does a better job at rendering json's.

you could monetize via a web app if you allow non-devs to edit translations. but that's a beast called CAT editor [1], where you need to support all sorts of different file formats. aka, the value of a CAT editor is the file support and ecosystem around it, not the editor itself.

[0] https://inlang.com/m/2qj2w8pu/app-inlang-cli#machine-transla...

[1] https://inlang.com/m/tdozzpar/app-inlang-finkLocalizationEdi...