Tackle it by how you feel, your current financial situation and available time.
Starting and running a business is hard. You'll need to dedicate time and even money to get going. You'll also have data concerns if reading personal information.
Open source can be exhausting if you're maintaining a popular repository (even if not popular... users find amazing bugs).
Both are rewarding and improve your life experience. However, one is definitely less risky.
Tackle it by how you feel, your current financial situation and available time.
Starting and running a business is hard. You'll need to dedicate time and even money to get going. You'll also have data concerns if reading personal information.
Open source can be exhausting if you're maintaining a popular repository (even if not popular... users find amazing bugs).
Both are rewarding and improve your life experience. However, one is definitely less risky.
Thanks for your advice Matthew, you're certainly right about how time consuming starting and running a business is.
One is more about making money and offering a solution in a black box, the other one is more about sharing knowledge while offering a solution.