| ▲ | jeanlucas 4 months ago |
| You just wanted to complain and not add anything? Not really getting your point at all |
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| ▲ | latchkey 4 months ago | parent [-] |
| Sorry you're not getting my point. It isn't a complaint. I'm responding to a rather flippant "feel free to help" with some advice from someone who's been doing this a long time. I've got a project that has been going for 6 years now and attracted 500 stars and gets 49k downloads a month. It works because it has comprehensive unit tests and people can rely on it. When I was just starting out on that project, I didn't tell people to feel free to help. I put the effort in. It is important to lay the groundwork beyond just writing the utility. |
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| ▲ | m0zzie 4 months ago | parent [-] | | Apologies if you already know this, but I noticed you’re getting flagged so thought I’d add some context: the author is the CEO of Obsidian and has a few successful projects, so bragging about your 500 stars and saying things like “when I was just starting out, I didn't tell people to feel free to help. I put the effort in” is probably rubbing people the wrong way. | | |
| ▲ | latchkey 4 months ago | parent [-] | | Clarified "starting out on that project". I've been doing this for 30 years and I'm also a CEO. I've had multiple successful projects, like starting Java@Apache and open sourcing Tomcat. I made a lot of mistakes along the way and one of them was being flippant on my responses to people like that. Just sharing my insights. | | |
| ▲ | m0zzie 4 months ago | parent [-] | | Your follow up post and edits help with clarifying the tone, hopefully readers see that. |
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