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It's a peculiar demographic I've noticed amongst people who have grown up with all their software available gratis or ad-supported. "Oh this incredibly hard wo
by geocar 7y ago
It's a peculiar demographic I've noticed amongst people who have grown up with all their software available gratis or ad-supported.
"Oh this incredibly hard work that someone else did for free isn't exactly what I wanted and they refuse to change it the way I want for free"
If Elm is so great, and if it's 99% there, and you only need "this one little custom operator" added, or this "special piece of extension code" and it's really that 1% and you can't be bothered to contribute that 1%; to do it yourself, or pay someone to do it, well, then you deserve to use whatever piece of shit you end up with.
- lozenge 7y agoAnd when they don't accept your contributions and lock your thread when you explain why you neeed it, what then?
- geocar 7y agoIf it’s a good idea your fork will survive. If it isn’t, now you know too.
- rcxdude 7y agoIt doesn't sound like they were expecting someone else to do it: they did it themselves but the maintainers were not open to the idea.
- geocar 7y agoWhat you said sounds exactly like they want the “maintainers” to do something. But I understand how it can sound like that if you’re part of the demographic I’m talking about.