{"id":766,"date":"2017-01-09T19:00:30","date_gmt":"2017-01-09T19:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dradisframework.com\/blog\/?p=766"},"modified":"2020-04-01T19:48:24","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T17:48:24","slug":"dradis-framework-founders-letter-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dradis.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/dradis-framework-founders-letter-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Dradis Framework Founder’s Letter – 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Software Takes Ten Years<\/a>. I didn’t know that when we started back in 2007, but I’ve come to terms with that rule since then. A lot can change in 9 years. You can go from the first commit<\/a> of an internal project released as open-source to a small, independent, self-funded software team that is making a difference for 300+ teams in 34 countries around the world.<\/p>\n

Did I have a clue about where we’d get in 9 years when I pushed that first commit? Most definitely not. Was I confident that we’d be working with 1,000s of InfoSec experts every day when I quit my security consulting job over 2 years ago to concentrate my efforts on Dradis Pro full time? Not even close. Do we have a clue about where we’re heading over the next 2 years? We have clues but most likely, we really don’t know. But that’s fine, we’re not alone in this journey. We’re bringing our entire community along with us. And most importantly, we have the freedom to choose where we’re heading.<\/p>\n

We don’t have investors so we can keep our users front and center. Were trying to grow as slowly as possible<\/a>. By focusing on the fundamentals, we’ve managed to get this far. And, we’re sticking to the same approach going forwards: do the work, keep our users happy, and care about their long term success.<\/p>\n

A brief history of our project<\/h1>\n

Just to put things into perspective, here is what working on the same piece of software every single day<\/i> for 9 years did:<\/p>\n