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the never satisfied freeloaders
by kylell 9y ago
the never satisfied freeloaders
- hueving 9y agoAn observation of how much these closed systems are a regression from systems we had 10 years ago.
- yzmtf2008 9y agoProtocol ossification is also a real thing: we’re stuck in all the protocols developed two decades ago. https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/ https://signal.org/blog/the-ecosystem-is-moving/
- ryandrake 9y agoHighly subjective. What some would call ossified, others might call “mature,” “reliable,” or “battle tested.” Sometimes bits don’t rot—they just go out of fashion.
- blocked_again 9y agoThe maker posted the repo to get constructive criticism. They could have posted it on Producthunt or Facebook if they only wanted some appluase.
- Kiro 9y agoHow do you know?
- blocked_again 9y ago> Show HN is for something you've made that other people can play with. HN users can try it out, give you feedback, and ask questions in the thread. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
- ryandrake 9y agoPointing out existing technologies that might be more appropriate to use is valid feedback. I don’t think that detracts from how neat the project is. Some of the big questions I always ask myself before I set about writing code for something are: Can this be done with older and more mature tech? Is this already more or less solved by another project and what value am I adding?
- always_good 9y agoBut Github issues are free. And they have a tweeting bot, also free.