# \#open-source

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## [Scaling an Open Source Tool While Running an Agency, Giving Back Control with On-Prem Deployments, and Bootstrapping Decisions with Flagsmith’s Founder, Ben Rometsch](https://gorelay.co/t/scaling-an-open-source-tool-while-running-an-agency-giving-back-control-with-on-prem-deployments-and-bootstrapping-decisions-with-flagsmith-s-founder-ben-rometsch/944)

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**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [July 18, 2023, 9:51am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/scaling-an-open-source-tool-while-running-an-agency-giving-back-control-with-on-prem-deployments-and-bootstrapping-decisions-with-flagsmith-s-founder-ben-rometsch/944 "2023-07-18T09:51:17Z")

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In the following exchange, Flagsmith’s founder and CEO, Ben Rometsch (@dabeeeenster), talks about an open, unrushed, methodical way of building that has enabled them to see through some endlessly debated decisions — ag…

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## [Pursuing an Open Source, Bootstrapped, Long-Run Path towards Serving the Fortune 1 Million with Typesense’s Co-Founder, Jason Bosco](https://gorelay.co/t/pursuing-an-open-source-bootstrapped-long-run-path-towards-serving-the-fortune-1-million-with-typesense-s-co-founder-jason-bosco/915)

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**Author:** [@Relay](https://gorelay.co/u/Relay)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [June 1, 2023, 5:53am UTC](https://gorelay.co/t/pursuing-an-open-source-bootstrapped-long-run-path-towards-serving-the-fortune-1-million-with-typesense-s-co-founder-jason-bosco/915 "2023-06-01T05:53:26Z")

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In the following exchange, Typesense’s co-founder and CEO, Jason Bosco (@jasonbosco), points at the locus (and the limitations) of the VC-backed SaaS “disruption” cycle, explains how that leaves SMBs perpetually unders…