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One problem with a lot of projects is that they have a poor developer experience for new contributors. For those who are already working on the project, these d
by afarrell 7y ago
One problem with a lot of projects is that they have a poor developer experience for new contributors. For those who are already working on the project, these developer experience problems aren't impactful. So, by selection bias, the project leadership doesn't see them as a priority.
The people who do have the necessary perspective to see the impact of the problems are those whom they impede. These programmers don't yet have the project-knowledge to efficiently design a fix nor the relationships with the existing maintainers to persuade them that the fix is worth it. These people could produce a description of the nature of the problem. That takes effort and all it would be is...
Whining: Descriptions of problems by those who aren't taking steps to fix them.