Can you share some examples that you would say justify that price? Not a gotcha, I’m genuinely curious where you’re seeing a return at that level.

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simonw 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've written tens of thousands of lines of tested, working code that I would not have written otherwise, and that code is useful to me.

I effectively get to operate at the rate of a small team of engineers - I know that because I've managed small teams of engineers in the past.

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ofjcihen 5 hours ago | parent [-]

> that I would not have written otherwise

I think this is the part I struggle with. The code I write makes me money or is a way of teaching me something, both of which are reasons that I would write the code regardless.

I don’t think I have any projects in mind that I’d be willing to spend half of a car on that I also wouldn’t have written myself.

Obviously just a personal take though. I’m glad you get the usage you want out of it.

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		My "job" is building open source software for data journalism (and anyone else who needs the tools data journalists need, which is pretty much everyone else). I can build more of those tools, and better, in exchange for a fraction of the cost it would take to hire a team to help.

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