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@shellsharks Sweet! Thanks!
I'm really interested in some of these other takes on what the Indie Web means to different people. I'm also just loving all the links so I can see what else is out there and how everyone is linking to one another.
Next up: document all the things I discover on my own blog and start linking!
@feoh @arstechnica @pluralistic @kagihq I've been using self-hosted SearXNG. It's much better UX sure to simplicity but the results are bad because it relies on the big search engines in the background.
Does Kagi have any sort of API plan? It would be nice to have custom front ends
@gnaddrig exactly! But somehow I spent too much time in silicon valley and it felt like scaling was the only option. Back in the wake of the dot-com crash I was reading about many small companies. But then Web 2.0 hit and I spent years at shitty startups and only realized in the last few that I need to get out of that meat grinder.
Venture Capital has also gotten huge. There's so much money sloshing around.
When did the American tech industry flip to thinking the default mode of starting companies is through venture-backed startups? It feels like everything is get-rich-quick. How did scaling become everything?
https://www.anildash.com/2025/08/20/moving_money_ain%E2%80%99t_building_a_business/
Small tech companies are born everyday, but we do ourselves a disservice by distorting the narrative. There are more options than just start-ups and big tech. It's so hard to see that front the inside.
