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> The only thing I've been able to do this year was find vulnerabilities in popular PHP projects and get them fixed. But that's par for the course and nothing s
by irremediable 11y ago
> The only thing I've been able to do this year was find vulnerabilities in popular PHP projects and get them fixed. But that's par for the course and nothing special, really.
I wish I could reach through the screen, grab you by the shoulders, and shout: "THAT IS NOT PAR FOR THE COURSE! THAT IS A CONTRIBUTION! YOU HAVE DONE GOOD! FEEL GOOD FOR DOING GOOD!"
You are blinding yourself to the value of what you have done. Please, let yourself feel happy about it.
- sarciszewski 11y agoIt's kind of hard to feel happy about something that: - Takes very little time or energy - Makes you no income - Doesn't usually lead to friendships - Doesn't require much intelligence, to be truthful There's no self-actuation, no challenge, no engagement, and ultimately no reward. It's just become routine, something I do to pass the time when not writing code for a client or when I need to unwind after a long day. I'm aware that it's a contribution and it does matter to some people, but I'll never capture any of those $ of value anyway so it's hard to get worked up over it. I think the most valuable thing I've done for open source in the past year was send the guy who runs dotdeb one of the items on his Amazon wish list as a thanks for making the release candidates for PHP 7 available on Debian Jessie. In the grand scheme of things, the needle remains unmoved.
- protomyth 11y agoand yet, your action prevented multiple someones from encountering a bug and took a little entropy out of the system... Thanks for preventing others from experiencing a bit of pain.
- reitanqild 11y agoYou also run a blog it seems, as well as tirelessly telling people that Telegram isn't secure here and possibly on other forums.