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Remix web framework aquired by Shopify

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Re: Remix web framework aquired by Shopify

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Post by tmorton »

EduardoBautista wrote: post #3

I don't understand what is the business case for acquiring an open-source framework? Can someone explain why couldn't they just contribute or fork the project?

It's an aquihire - they get the core team on staff. They can influence the open-source project roadmap, and get priority support for their integrations.

Re: Remix web framework aquired by Shopify

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Post by gabrielizaias »

Interesting move by Shopify, given that they have Hydrogen [0]. I was half expecting Hydrogen to become its own all-purpose framework, but alas, they seem to plan for both to co-exist.

> While Hydrogen is focused on commerce, Remix is focused lower in the stack, and will continue to be a general web solution that scales from content through commerce and all the way to apps. Shopify will use Remix across many projects where it makes sense, and you can expect to see more of our developer platform with first-class Remix support over time.

[0] https://hydrogen.shopify.dev

Re: Remix web framework aquired by Shopify

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Post by jdelman »

Congratulations to the Remix team. Though neither Remix's nor Shopify's blog posts make it clear, I'm guessing Michael and Ryan will continue to lead Remix development while hopefully having a team of focused engineers working with them. Since Shopify really believes in and wants to use the tech, it's great that they'll be able to pay engineers to continue to develop it in the open. I believe Remix also was VC funded so Shopify probably also made their investors whole?

Re: Remix web framework aquired by Shopify

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Post by SeanAnderson »

EduardoBautista wrote: post #3

I don't understand what is the business case for acquiring an open-source framework? Can someone explain why couldn't they just contribute or fork the project?

It's pretty decent, passive marketing, too. One could argue a similar effect would be achieved by a fork, but I don't think it would ring as true to SWEs.

I think about Google a lot more due to how prolific Material Design is throughout my web experience, I think about Meta a lot more due to how prolific React is throughout my web experience, etc.

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