Netlify acquires Gatsby • Hacker News Board

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by blantonl » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:20 PM UTC

xeromal wrote: post #12

schnebbau wrote: post #8

People still use Gatsby?

I know this comment is a joke but in a big production environment, you eventually have to commit to a tech/stack. You can't just change everything every 2 years when a new hotness comes.

I don't know about you but we change stacks and go on massive rewrites of frameworks and code every two years to stay busy. /s

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by awill » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:20 PM UTC

This kind of stuff is annoying. Netlify had no need to acquire this. They just want to increase their revenue. As a Hugo user on Netlify, I hope this doesn't affect me negatively.

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by madeofpalk » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:22 PM UTC

ushakov wrote: post #29

__alexs wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gatsby Inc is a SaaS that provides hosting.

aren't they just an AWS wrapper?

Who's "they" - Netlify or Gatsby?

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by jeffjobs4000 » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:23 PM UTC

fatih-erikli wrote: post #20

Gatsby was an open-source project. What they acquired exactly? Have they purchased a usb stick installed gatsby in it?

Open Source is just Freemium with more steps.

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by lukevp » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:23 PM UTC

ushakov wrote: post #29

__alexs wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gatsby Inc is a SaaS that provides hosting.

aren't they just an AWS wrapper?

Wait until you hear about Heroku!

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by madeofpalk » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:24 PM UTC

fatih-erikli wrote: post #20

Gatsby was an open-source project. What they acquired exactly? Have they purchased a usb stick installed gatsby in it?

Gatsby was primarily developed by Gatsby Inc, a VC-funded company https://www.gatsbyjs.com/blog/2020-05-27-announcing-series-b...

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by tmpz22 » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:25 PM UTC

awill wrote: post #32

This kind of stuff is annoying. Netlify had no need to acquire this. They just want to increase their revenue. As a Hugo user on Netlify, I hope this doesn't affect me negatively.

I would guess its a down-round type of acquisition at the urging of Gatsby's investors and founders. They raised 10M+, this allows their investors and founders to get some liquidity back and Netlify picks it up on the cheap.

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by pigtailgirl » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:25 PM UTC

moafzalmulla wrote: post #16

I just want to know how much Gatsby was acquired for ? ;)

-- my guess is this is a way to roll Gatsby investors into netlify stock - and get the team into netlify - probably more a merger vs acquisition --

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by qbasic_forever » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:27 PM UTC

winrid wrote: post #13

schnebbau wrote: post #8

People still use Gatsby?

Oh, what's wrong with it? It looked nice and was considering using it for a marketing site.

It's pretty tightly coupled to webpack and has a reputation for being extremely slow to rebuild a site. Fine for small sites but I've heard of painful multiple minute long rebuild cycles for large sites with a lot of content.

Re: Netlify acquires Gatsby

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Post by fatih-erikli » Wed, Feb 01, 2023, 5:27 PM UTC

ushakov wrote: post #29

__alexs wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Gatsby Inc is a SaaS that provides hosting.

aren't they just an AWS wrapper?

It's fastly. Fastly dns' points to a server in located in CA.