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Very likely just boring reasons like not having thought about it, not having made the code in a way that's easy to publish. Think something like he started the
by hannob 6y ago
Very likely just boring reasons like not having thought about it, not having made the code in a way that's easy to publish.
Think something like he started the project at some point, never planning for it to become this big. It was probably some code written in a random directory, with no regard for whether test fragments are around, whether it contains test data that maybe shouldn't be public, different pieces that are closely tied to a server config that itself is very specific to what he already had running and would need some documentation to be useful etc. pp.
- WorldMaker 6y agoTroy points out in the article that it started as and has mostly entirely been a series of hacks done in free time, including a lot of done with not enough sleep on long distance plane flights. It sounds reasonable to assume that a lot of it is duct tape and straw wire and that the imposter syndrome "it's not good enough to open source" played some presumably large factor.