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The best businesses are built at the intersection of emerging technology, community, and real human needs.
Community Size Advantage Model
In developer tools, larger communities create self-reinforcing advantages through more tutorials, documentation, support, and ecosystem integrations, often overriding pure technical superiority
Decision Rule
When evaluating similar technical tools, factor community size heavily because it determines long-term learning curve, problem-solving speed, and ecosystem growth
How It Works
Large communities attract more contributors, create more learning resources, solve more edge cases, and build more integrations, creating network effects that compound over time
Failure Modes
Following communities using inferior technology
Underestimating ability of smaller communities to grow rapidly
Confusing activity with quality in community assessment
Missing emerging communities with better technical foundations
Example Decision
“Choose React over Vue for a project not because React is technically better, but because the community size ensures more solutions, tutorials, and long-term ecosystem support”