--- title: After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code. description: After three years, Konfig, a developer tools startup focused on simplifying API integrations, is shutting down. Despite building a high-quality SDK generator... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/after-3-years-i-failed-here-s-all-my-startup-s-code--fo9scaxas twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code. | daily.dev og:description: After three years, Konfig, a developer tools startup focused on simplifying API integrations, is shutting down. Despite building a high-quality SDK generator... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/after-3-years-i-failed-here-s-all-my-startup-s-code--fo9scaxas og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/fo9ScaxAS.png og:image:alt: After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # After 3 Years, I Failed. Here's All My Startup's Code. **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 3 min read · 1017 upvotes · 35 comments ## Summary After three years, Konfig, a developer tools startup focused on simplifying API integrations, is shutting down. Despite building a high-quality SDK generator and additional API tools, the company failed to achieve significant market traction. The founder is open-sourcing the entire codebase, expressing gratitude to supporters and reflecting positively on the learning experience gained from this venture. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@isaacmathew** · 64 upvotes > All failed code projects on GitHub can directly become AI feeder material. There should be some remuneration for submissions. **@geovanisouza92** · 60 upvotes > I feel sorry for them to not achieving a product-market fit, but glad to see this movement. I hope they try again soon. **@eduardomatiasroux** · 20 upvotes > it is not a fail, is just learning, a step foward to something more big, better! good luck! **@lezli01** · 12 upvotes > Well for starters it advertises itself as a "api sdk generator" where it is actually an "http api sdk generator". Api is a generic term, not specific to web... **@vahidasefi** · 3 upvotes > It's a sad story. I hope they can build something better based on their experiences. 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