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How is this titled "fully featured" when it's still in its early stages with very little code in the repository (and most of what is there looking like an exerc

How is this titled "fully featured" when it's still in its early stages with very little code in the repository (and most of what is there looking like an exercise in software architecture)? Is the "it's in rust" hype so strong now that even a few lines of code covered in ambition are sufficient to make the front page of HN?

fxtentacle 5y ago
It's in the GitHub description, too: "An open-source and fully-featured Digital Audio Workstation, made by musicians, for musicians" Apparently, the authors drank their own cool-aid.
tekstar 5y ago
In defence of the project, it doesn't look like the Github authors posted it to HN.
rectang 5y ago
It's aspirational, jeez. Their eventual goal is to be a "fully featured DAW" as opposed to some other kind of tool. At least that's how I interpret it.
- gmueckl 5y ago
  Aspirations are fine, but you need to separate aspirations from the status quo in your communications. The HN headline fails in that regard.
  - sodality2 5y ago
    It doesn't seem like the person who posted it is the repo owner/maintainer...
- emerged 5y ago
  So is me landing on Mars, but the buzz killers always call me out for announcing that I’m a fully featured Mars astronaut.
ZoomZoomZoom 5y ago
It's called fully-featured only in the design doc, so it's a statement of intentions. Te main repository page clearly states it's "still in the early stages of development".
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BillyDM 5y ago
Yes, we (the Meadowlark team) did not make the this post in HN. It is definitely not "fully-featured" yet, we are still working on the MVP. Most of the work done so far has been in the modular backend components that live under the RustyDAW GitHub organization, namely the audio graph repo: https://github.com/RustyDAW https://github.com/RustyDAW
- gmueckl 5y ago
  I wish you good luck! This is a very ambitious project. Just one word of advice based on my own experience: open source projects for creatives are a peculiar niche. Success isn't really based on technical merit or usability. The project with the best marketing often takes it all and leaves barely any breathing room for competing projects.
  - BillyDM 5y ago
    Noted! I am planning on having a flashy website and also YouTube videos showing it off (once it's ready of course). A lot of focus is being put into the UI and making it pretty, which I believe is important in making first impressions. Other than that I don't currently have plans for marketing. But I definitely am open to working with people who have more marketing prowess.

fxtentacle 5y ago

It's in the GitHub description, too: "An open-source and fully-featured Digital Audio Workstation, made by musicians, for musicians" Apparently, the authors drank their own cool-aid.

tekstar 5y ago

In defence of the project, it doesn't look like the Github authors posted it to HN.

rectang 5y ago

It's aspirational, jeez. Their eventual goal is to be a "fully featured DAW" as opposed to some other kind of tool. At least that's how I interpret it.

gmueckl 5y ago
Aspirations are fine, but you need to separate aspirations from the status quo in your communications. The HN headline fails in that regard.
- sodality2 5y ago
  It doesn't seem like the person who posted it is the repo owner/maintainer...
emerged 5y ago
So is me landing on Mars, but the buzz killers always call me out for announcing that I’m a fully featured Mars astronaut.

ZoomZoomZoom 5y ago

It's called fully-featured only in the design doc, so it's a statement of intentions. Te main repository page clearly states it's "still in the early stages of development".

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BillyDM 5y ago

Yes, we (the Meadowlark team) did not make the this post in HN. It is definitely not "fully-featured" yet, we are still working on the MVP. Most of the work done so far has been in the modular backend components that live under the RustyDAW GitHub organization, namely the audio graph repo: https://github.com/RustyDAW https://github.com/RustyDAW

gmueckl 5y ago
I wish you good luck! This is a very ambitious project. Just one word of advice based on my own experience: open source projects for creatives are a peculiar niche. Success isn't really based on technical merit or usability. The project with the best marketing often takes it all and leaves barely any breathing room for competing projects.
- BillyDM 5y ago
  Noted! I am planning on having a flashy website and also YouTube videos showing it off (once it's ready of course). A lot of focus is being put into the UI and making it pretty, which I believe is important in making first impressions. Other than that I don't currently have plans for marketing. But I definitely am open to working with people who have more marketing prowess.