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I've gone in the opposite direction. my latest side project is costing me money. but it gives me a dev superpower, so I don't mind. this is a blatant plug, sor

I've gone in the opposite direction. my latest side project is costing me money. but it gives me a dev superpower, so I don't mind. this is a blatant plug, sorry, but here's my newfound superpower: I built forkfreshness.com so that, whenever I find an abandoned repo that would otherwise be perfect for whatever I'm working on, I can find out exactly what downstream forks exist, who's keeping those forks alive, and how much ongoing work is happening. this was, as you say, absolutely not about getting rich. but while I did learn a bunch doing it, it wasn't about learning, either. I stuck mostly to familiar tech. instead, it was about creating something that I had wanted many times over the years.

vhanda 5y ago
forkfreshness seems like a really nice idea. I have a repo[0] where I would like to check how active any of the forks are, just to see what they have done with the project, and/or speak with them about contributing upstream. I noticed that just adjusting the URL[1] did not work, however since running this website is costing your money, I don't feel comfortable asking you to add it. Is there any chance you would feel comfortable open sourcing the code? (It can even be under some kind of fair-code license) [0] http://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal http://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal [1] https://forkfreshness.com/GitJournal/GitJournal https://forkfreshness.com/GitJournal/GitJournal
- CrazyStat 5y ago
  Did you try > Just tweet the GitHub URL to @ForkFreshness on Twitter. as instructed on the front page? It seems like he's inviting people to use it.
  - tessierashpool 5y ago
    I am!
  - toastal 5y ago
    Send a message on a closed-source social media platform for my source code on a closed-source Git forge. That will be a nope.
- deleted 5y ago
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- tessierashpool 5y ago
  well, the bad news is Fork Freshness would probably decline to analyze this repo, because it's got very recent commits. the other bad news is that I'm not currently planning to open source it. but the good news is that I could maybe change its recency rules, and the other good news is that it costs me money whether people use it or not, and I want people to use it, so please feel absolutely free. it's intended as a kind of public service.

vhanda 5y ago

forkfreshness seems like a really nice idea. I have a repo[0] where I would like to check how active any of the forks are, just to see what they have done with the project, and/or speak with them about contributing upstream. I noticed that just adjusting the URL[1] did not work, however since running this website is costing your money, I don't feel comfortable asking you to add it. Is there any chance you would feel comfortable open sourcing the code? (It can even be under some kind of fair-code license) [0] http://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal http://github.com/GitJournal/GitJournal [1] https://forkfreshness.com/GitJournal/GitJournal https://forkfreshness.com/GitJournal/GitJournal

CrazyStat 5y ago
Did you try > Just tweet the GitHub URL to @ForkFreshness on Twitter. as instructed on the front page? It seems like he's inviting people to use it.
- tessierashpool 5y ago
  I am!
- toastal 5y ago
  Send a message on a closed-source social media platform for my source code on a closed-source Git forge. That will be a nope.
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tessierashpool 5y ago
well, the bad news is Fork Freshness would probably decline to analyze this repo, because it's got very recent commits. the other bad news is that I'm not currently planning to open source it. but the good news is that I could maybe change its recency rules, and the other good news is that it costs me money whether people use it or not, and I want people to use it, so please feel absolutely free. it's intended as a kind of public service.