I have had similar thoughts for some time too! Thoughts of building a co-op, and open source software needed to support it.
Coincidentally, I have a resignation email written, and have been sitting on it for several days. I am looking to quit work (for some time) not to work on an ambitious project, but just to see what will become of me when I do so. I started my career as a freelancer, and ADHD gave me tons of trouble. Structure and accountabiliy that a regular day job brought made my life very easier, motivation-for-work wise. Now after 5 years of doing a day job, I want to see what I will do when I don't have that structure around me.
want to team up? I've got a team (mostly laravel devs idling -- i got distracted unironcally w/ the holidays)...
I'm maybe close to finishing a project of my own for once that's basically a beefed up version of laravel/jetstream that essentially makes it multi-tenant, with a better dashboard, and a built in low-code designer (take any existing partial/component and drag and drop and create new ones from it) ...essentially build custom views from existing building blocks -ones we provide, or your own, or 3rd party...
What I've got currently is jetstream with livewire extended to have a dashboard, with a datatable (laravel-powergrid repurposed) component, a bunch of form components (blade-ui repurposed), and daisyui (tailwindcss themes so you can basically easily retheme/recolor the entire interface nicely).
The goal is maybe make an OS version, and then have a marketplace for 3rd party designer components that can be used, maybe a netflix like subscription. $19.99/month and then maybe 70% is split based on consumed resources...i.e. everytime someone downloads your code to integrate in the drag/drop ui/ux creator you'd get a share in the monthly pool...
Once this is done... obviously make MRR from it, but then use it to build an ERP system for co-ops. I've started so many projects and get stuck w/ when I get to the dashboard design phase, if the dashboard design part was super simple, and just almost WYSIWYG I could focus more on the architecture/backend stuff less on ui, and my ADHD wouldn't destroy me before I launch something...that's the idea anyways....
Coincidentally, I have a resignation email written, and have been sitting on it for several days. I am looking to quit work (for some time) not to work on an ambitious project, but just to see what will become of me when I do so. I started my career as a freelancer, and ADHD gave me tons of trouble. Structure and accountabiliy that a regular day job brought made my life very easier, motivation-for-work wise. Now after 5 years of doing a day job, I want to see what I will do when I don't have that structure around me.
HN today has been quite a ride for me.