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A native GUI library https://github.com/yue/yue https://github.com/yue/yue. It was a disaster when I announced it on Hacker News, and I got numerous harassment
by zcbenz 6y ago
A native GUI library https://github.com/yue/yue https://github.com/yue/yue.
It was a disaster when I announced it on Hacker News, and I got numerous harassments from strangers.
But anyway 3 years since then and I'm still working on it.
Edit 1: 2 => 3 years
Edit 2: If anyone is interested, I wrote a blog on the mistakes I made http://cheng.guru/blog/2018/02/18/lessons-learnt-from-open-sourcing-yue.html http://cheng.guru/blog/2018/02/18/lessons-learnt-from-open-s....
- huhtenberg 6y agoRe: the disaster - had to look it up [1], but it didn't help that you didn't answer any of the (pretty serious) questions raised in response to your announcement. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15218067 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15218067
- ayewo 6y ago> "... but it didn't help that you didn't answer any of the (pretty serious) questions raised in response to your announcement." Please be kind. This thread is about self-promotion. There's no need to dig up his past just to flog a dead horse.
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- huhtenberg 6y agoIt's the OP who brought it up while implying less than civil behavior on HN crowd's part.
- zcbenz 6y agoI answered the question in the first section of my blog -- I copied the `ArcTo` code from WebKit and I admitted it was a license mistake, and the copied code had been deleted 3 years ago.
- huhtenberg 6y agoThis is good to know. My point was that your original post could've used more engagement on your part, in place. Especially when it came to the uncomfortable questions.
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- amzans 6y agoThanks for sharing! The blog post has a many helpful lessons learned on open source.
- austinjp 6y agoNot a disaster at all, it looked really interesting to me. Hope it progresses to wherever you want :)
- evnix 6y agoA few Screenshots would have been really nice
- zcbenz 6y agoIn the "Examples" section of README, you can find links to examples with screenshots.
- irjustin 6y agoApologies if I sound overly harsh, but you've got to listen to the feedback. 2 people complained about the same thing, and you gave feedback that was "it's over here, but not where you think it is" that's a UX problem in a README. I went to look at the README me, clicked Sample App (with Screen Shots) and there's no screen shots. I gave up. Make the screen shot, at least one, front and center on the main README. 2 were nice enough to complain, but you've got to believe so many more people would be interested if they could just see it.
- rapnie 6y ago> you've got to listen to the feedback. Feedback is always nice and wonderful if people freely provide it, but I don't see - especially in light of this Ask HN topic - why one 'has to' listen to it? Or to 'complaints' for that matter, on someone's pet OSS project. Sure, it might be prudent to listen, but it is totally up to the maintainer to do so or not.
- anthony88 6y agoAs a GUI framework, my first feedback is that there is no screenshots available anywhere to be found.
- zcbenz 6y agoIn the "Examples" section of README, you can find links to examples with screenshots.
- thetanil 6y agoIMO, all of these (from all the subdirs) should be in the top level README: https://github.com/yue/yue-sample-apps/blob/master/auto_height_edit/README.md https://github.com/yue/yue-sample-apps/blob/master/auto_heig... You're asking people to do a lot of clicking to get an idea of what's available.
- johnwalkr 6y agoI found them in 2 clicks but at least a few screenshots and “more can be found in..” would be appreciated.
- quietbritishjim 6y agoA small suggestion: to update the project description from > A library for creating native cross-platform GUI apps. to > A library for creating native cross-platform GUI apps in [C++/Lua/Node.JS]
- Eugeleo 6y agoLooks quite nice! I'm sorry for your past experience with HN, sounds horrifying.