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So… 2.0 could go alpha but would go through same mocking and ridicule that 1.0 went through... There's nothing bad about ridicule. A product built under gaze o

So… 2.0 could go alpha but would go through same mocking and ridicule that 1.0 went through... There's nothing bad about ridicule. A product built under gaze of a select few is destined to be far removed from the needs of its users. TextMate was not born good, it improved because it was ridiculed.

teaspoon 16y ago
It's hard for a solo developer, especially one who's invested this much time, to take such a pragmatic view of ridicule. If Allan anticipates that early criticism is going to impact his motivation, then he's doing the wise thing by resisting the urge to "show a fool half a job".
- dlsspy 16y ago
  I'd rather be ridiculed for what I've done than what I've promised to do, but refused to share. That said, I'm no longer an interested party. I stopped using TM over a year ago after at least a year of using it and seeing where it was going.