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Running an open source app: Usage, costs and community donations

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260 points scastiel | 1 comments | 18 Oct 24 14:35 UTC | HN request time: 0.205s | source
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mherrmann ◴[18 Oct 24 18:05 UTC] No.41881923[source]▶
Re your question on saving costs: If you run it on a single Linux VPS, then I suspect you can get the costs down to 5-10$ per month.

One thing I find interesting is the growth chart: It's linear. But given that the app clearly has some traction, and is viral in nature, how come it isn't exponential?

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1. mrngm ◴[19 Oct 24 12:45 UTC] No.41887470[source]▶
It usually never is exponential, see e.g. https://longform.asmartbear.com/exponential-growth/ that shows examples from "hypergrowth" companies where it's perceived these companies grew exponentially, but the growth actually followed a more quadratic form. About halfway through the article, the author shows another model that's more likely to fit these growth patterns: logistic growth. After initial rapid growth, followed by a period of linear growth, it eventually flattens out, indicating it's at "carrying capacity", or "market saturation".