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#022 – Going Full-Time on Your Side Project with Dave DeSandro of Metafizzy

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Synopsis

Dave DeSandro of Metafizzy describes how he makes a living building and designing small JavaScript widgets (Isotope, Flickity, etc.) used by tens of thousands of other developers. The episode is about earning a creative solo career from open-source front-end components.

Ideas in this episode

  • Front-end widget and component micro-business

    Dave DeSandro's Metafizzy sustains a solo career by open-sourcing Isotope, Flickity and similar JavaScript widgets and monetising through commercial licenses and sponsorships from a large developer user base.