Gatsby's long road to incremental builds

Open Source

Balancing open source initiatives with business goals presents a classic challenge for companies like Gatsby. Kyle Mathews explains that maintaining an open-source project is costly, with Gatsby spending over three million dollars annually on development. This financial pressure necessitates a sustainable business model that can support ongoing investment in the platform 1. He describes Gatsby's approach as "Open Cloud," which differs from the traditional Open Core model by focusing on cloud services that enhance the open-source software experience 1.

Open source is not cheap to create. We're spending three plus million dollars a year paying engineers, designers, et cetera, to work on Gatsby.

--- Kyle Mathews

This strategy aims to balance community contributions with investor expectations, ensuring Gatsby's growth and innovation.

   

Cloud Services

Gatsby's cloud services are designed to integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructures, offering flexibility and control. Kyle Mathews highlights the importance of allowing users to deploy from Gatsby Cloud to various CDNs, accommodating teams with pre-existing contracts and infrastructures 2. This approach ensures that users can maintain their current setups while benefiting from Gatsby's capabilities.

Our goal is to have just like we have, you can use any CMS and we treat them all kind of the same. You can also deploy from Gatsby Cloud to any CDN.

--- Kyle Mathews

Additionally, Jerod Santo and Kyle discuss the personalized nature of CMS platforms, emphasizing the value of customization to meet specific needs 3.