Comment by Bridget Sarah on "Medium vs Devblog by Hashnode - which one is a better blogging platform for developers?"

I can't say I know much about Medium but that's certainly interesting about what they've done to their customer base. It's a shame as its trending, a really good thing for developers are to have their own blog where ever it is but with hashnode its nicer in that respect as all of us can help each other. I'm loving all the new features but one thing is popping up on my mind about the usefulness of Hashnode, what does Hashnode want in return especially if you're offering free ssl free blogs for domain transfers etc over?

As much as i'm sure we would all love to think, I'm sure Hash node costs to run quite a bit :)

If medium is also cutting in their ways, I can't see many developers staying on their base for much longer when Hashnode is taking off ;)

Hey Bridget We have raised sufficient funding and have received sponsorships from developer focused companies. For example, the server bills are covered by DigitalOcean while search is sponsored by Algolia. So, we are not really worried about the cost to run Hashnode. :)

Regarding the business model and some other important details, I just wrote my thoughts here: hashnode.com/post/medium-vs-hashnodedev-which-one…

I'd venture in guessing that the biggest cost is the team salary, and not the DigitalOcean and Algolia bills. How do you cover for that?

Hey Nicolas We are a small team of 6 and we intend to keep it this way for the foreseeable future. 4 of us (including Fazle and me) are based out of India where the cost of living is a bit lower as compared to the western countries. So, the total monthly salary is also quite under control. :)

Hashnode does not look like a small team driven product, it is well polished. If stackoverflow & quora people discover Hashnode, there will probably be a lot more traffic. However, for some reason, Hashnode does not come up in Google search results very often. I found Hashnode only once (the first time I encountered Hashnode) in Google. Since then I am a big fan. However, I can not remember the second time I found Hashnode in Google search result.

I hope this blog thing will increase your exposure.

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