Hey HN, Robert here, creator of Watermill.

Over the past few years, I've watched a sad trend: many companies are aggressively monetizing open-source. Thanks to being bootstrapped, we don't need to take that path with Watermill.

For 7 years, we've been building Watermill in the true open-source spirit—all components are open. We don't obscure documentation to push users toward our consulting services.

In that spirit, we've created a hands-on quickstart that teaches Watermill's core concepts through a real-world project. Since browser-based environments don't cut it for real-life projects, we built a custom platform that handles all the setup and verification directly in your IDE.

Rather than say more, I'd encourage you to try the quickstart yourself!