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Really appreciate all of the kind words in this thread—they really mean a lot.

I’ve learned an overwhelming amount running this project—and not just on the technical side.

I’ve learned things about our industry, funding, and investment that have really challenged my views on open source—I’m still trying my best to process things and prune off cynicism from the truth.

But regardless, y’all are amazing—I really appreciate every single one of you. Couldn’t have done any of this without y’all ❤️

@zachleat Somewhat similar feelings from the past. I have seen so many OSS projects turning to a mostly vendor-locked products, so it's refreshing to see you are focusing back on the core features of Eleventy (instead of serving the business priorities of a hosting platform company).

Also, many years ago I joined one company because they said they were doing OSS product. It turned out that OSS version was being replaced with a closed source SaaS product and promises were not matching with past.