In a year we somehow managed to hit 26k stars, grow a 1000+ person discord community, and support 37 languages. I couldn't be more grateful for the community that helped this grow, but now i don't know what direction to take this project in.
All of this was an accident. But now I feel like I'm missing out on not using this success. I have been thinking of monetization options, but not sure if I wanna go down that route. I like the idea of it being free and available for everyone but also can't help but think of everything that could be done if committed full-time or even had a small team. I keep telling myself(and others) i'll do something if i meet a co-founder, but doubt and fear of blowing this up keeps back.
How would you proceed?
You will likely have to compete with Supabase's diagram editor (there might be other competitors too), which has AI integrated. You can check it out and see if you can improve your system. Their product is open source as well, so you can review the code.
The simplest monetization path would be to keep it free and charge users for AI access. However, don’t hire a team, as it may not be viable against other big players in the long run.