> Some would really prefer to at least be able to get some attention (and perhaps a paid job) this way.

Not that I agree, but people seem to be giving uutils lots of attention right now? A. HN front page vs. B. obscure JS framework? I'll take door "A"?

I had someone contact me for a job simply because my Rust personal project had lots of stars on Github. You really don't know what people will find interesting.