and … this is the problem with ESR The *right* way to react to a business you feel has become “predatory” (whatever *that* means to *you*) is not to “do anything necessary to break your business model” The *right* thing to do is to provide a better alternative to solving the same pain and problems that the first business was addressing Clean-room reimplementations are cute And technically interesting But that is a pisspoor way to “compete” All that is is mere feature parity Features are marketing fluff What matters is whether or not the problems someone is trying to solve can be solved better than the way they have been

and … this is the problem with ESR

The *right* way to react to a business you feel has become “predatory” (whatever *that* means to *you*) is not to “do anything necessary to break your business model”

The *right* thing to do is to provide a better alternative to solving the same pain and problems that the first business was addressing

Clean-room reimplementations are cute

And technically interesting

But that is a pisspoor way to “compete”

All that is is mere feature parity

Features are marketing fluff

What matters is whether or not the problems someone is trying to solve can be solved better than the way they have been

— Mɐɹɹǝu Wʎǝɹs (@warrenmyers)
Oct 12, 2026

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