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Kovid Goyal, the developer of Calibre, is a very responsive, very gentle person. Whenever I needed help, I have gotten help from him. [1] - Calibre is an indisp

Kovid Goyal, the developer of Calibre, is a very responsive, very gentle person. Whenever I needed help, I have gotten help from him. [1] - Calibre is an indispensable tool for me to manage my digital library with close to 800 books. I support him regularly. Consinder doing it as well if you appreciate the app. Go to https://calibre-ebook.com/ https://calibre-ebook.com/ , there’s a support link on the top right. [1] This is the forum dedicated to Calibre https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166 https://www.mobileread.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=166

em500 4y ago
OT, but he also happens to be the developer of kitty, my favorite terminal emulator on Linux: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty
- kbd 4y ago
  Yeah kitty is amazing. I've been meaning to donate as a thank you. It's made so many things possible. In fact, because of it's flexibility, today I wrote a vscode extension that can use some of kitty's remote control features so I can execute things in my terminal of choice straight from my editor of choice.
  - patrick91 4y ago
    uh, that's interesting! what's the name of the extension?
    - kbd 4y ago
      https://github.com/kbd/binrun https://github.com/kbd/binrun I just wrote it today and still need to package it. I was tired of alt+tab + up arrow + enter constantly to execute builds etc. in my terminal. It calls out to a kitty wrapper script I wrote[1] that (eg) queries kitty for its running windows so that when I launch from vscode it can find the right kitty window for the vscode workspace and execute there... Point is, Kovid Goyal is awesome and the extensibility he wrote into kitty makes all that possible. I didn't know he was also the author of Calibre for a long time. [1] https://github.com/kbd/setup/blob/master/HOME/bin/kw https://github.com/kbd/setup/blob/master/HOME/bin/kw
- dizhn 4y ago
  Their github issue handling did not give me the same impression that parent has of him.
  - jnovek 4y ago
    I think he’s really dedicated to making a specific thing and gets frustrated when users ask for “Swiss Army knife” features. I have empathy for that situation. That said, being unkind to otherwise civil users is never OK.
    - dizhn 4y ago
      There are so many good projects out there AND with good people running them. (Not saying kitty's dev is not a good person.) I like to use free software created by people who are pleasent to deal with, because more often than with closed source software, we'll end up having to communicate for one reason or other. :) My favorite terminal chosen in this fashion AND technical merit is wezterm. It really is fantastic all around.
- sigzero 4y ago
  I had no idea! Awesome.
paskozdilar 4y ago
- Torifyme12 4y ago
  Oh come on, that was one incident and he did fix the main issue. For a dude who does this in his spare time, he deserves a lot of credit.
  - fareesh 4y ago
    I think he works full-time on his open source projects, but regardless I wouldn't fault him for that silly incident at all.
  - bheadmaster 4y ago
    I'm not talking about the security incident. Anyone can have bad days, I am not the one to hold the grudge. What I've experienced is that Kovid is consistently hostile to anyone who disagrees with him in the slightest. There is no attempt to shine light on the argument or defuse the situation whatsoever - it always ends with comments like "what do you want from me? you get this project for free! if you don't like it nobody is forcing you to use it! get off my lawn!!!". Of course, the guy has the right to talk to anyone any way he wants. But I also have the right to publicly call him out on that.
- tomcam 4y ago
  How on earth is overly sensitive a problem for anyone? Assuming for the sake of argument he is.
  - bheadmaster 4y ago
    It is very difficult to communicate with Kovid when you're not a user and you've not previously praised his genius. Any kind of criticism or suggestion that isn't wrapped up in the "but your project is awesome and you're awesome!!!" wrapping-paper is met with hostility, insults and banning. It is a problem for anyone trying to communicate with him.
remoquete 4y ago
I interviewed him once. Such a kind and responsive developer. He told me he put 80 hours per week, on average, in Calibre’s development. Edit: the interview (in Spanish) https://calibre.softonic.com/articulos/entrevista-a-kovid-goyal-creador-de-calibre https://calibre.softonic.com/articulos/entrevista-a-kovid-go...

em500 4y ago

OT, but he also happens to be the developer of kitty, my favorite terminal emulator on Linux: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty

kbd 4y ago
Yeah kitty is amazing. I've been meaning to donate as a thank you. It's made so many things possible. In fact, because of it's flexibility, today I wrote a vscode extension that can use some of kitty's remote control features so I can execute things in my terminal of choice straight from my editor of choice.
- patrick91 4y ago
  uh, that's interesting! what's the name of the extension?
  - kbd 4y ago
    https://github.com/kbd/binrun https://github.com/kbd/binrun I just wrote it today and still need to package it. I was tired of alt+tab + up arrow + enter constantly to execute builds etc. in my terminal. It calls out to a kitty wrapper script I wrote[1] that (eg) queries kitty for its running windows so that when I launch from vscode it can find the right kitty window for the vscode workspace and execute there... Point is, Kovid Goyal is awesome and the extensibility he wrote into kitty makes all that possible. I didn't know he was also the author of Calibre for a long time. [1] https://github.com/kbd/setup/blob/master/HOME/bin/kw https://github.com/kbd/setup/blob/master/HOME/bin/kw
dizhn 4y ago
Their github issue handling did not give me the same impression that parent has of him.
- jnovek 4y ago
  I think he’s really dedicated to making a specific thing and gets frustrated when users ask for “Swiss Army knife” features. I have empathy for that situation. That said, being unkind to otherwise civil users is never OK.
  - dizhn 4y ago
    There are so many good projects out there AND with good people running them. (Not saying kitty's dev is not a good person.) I like to use free software created by people who are pleasent to deal with, because more often than with closed source software, we'll end up having to communicate for one reason or other. :) My favorite terminal chosen in this fashion AND technical merit is wezterm. It really is fantastic all around.
sigzero 4y ago
I had no idea! Awesome.

paskozdilar 4y ago

Torifyme12 4y ago
Oh come on, that was one incident and he did fix the main issue. For a dude who does this in his spare time, he deserves a lot of credit.
- fareesh 4y ago
  I think he works full-time on his open source projects, but regardless I wouldn't fault him for that silly incident at all.
- bheadmaster 4y ago
  I'm not talking about the security incident. Anyone can have bad days, I am not the one to hold the grudge. What I've experienced is that Kovid is consistently hostile to anyone who disagrees with him in the slightest. There is no attempt to shine light on the argument or defuse the situation whatsoever - it always ends with comments like "what do you want from me? you get this project for free! if you don't like it nobody is forcing you to use it! get off my lawn!!!". Of course, the guy has the right to talk to anyone any way he wants. But I also have the right to publicly call him out on that.
tomcam 4y ago
How on earth is overly sensitive a problem for anyone? Assuming for the sake of argument he is.
- bheadmaster 4y ago
  It is very difficult to communicate with Kovid when you're not a user and you've not previously praised his genius. Any kind of criticism or suggestion that isn't wrapped up in the "but your project is awesome and you're awesome!!!" wrapping-paper is met with hostility, insults and banning. It is a problem for anyone trying to communicate with him.

remoquete 4y ago

I interviewed him once. Such a kind and responsive developer. He told me he put 80 hours per week, on average, in Calibre’s development. Edit: the interview (in Spanish) https://calibre.softonic.com/articulos/entrevista-a-kovid-goyal-creador-de-calibre https://calibre.softonic.com/articulos/entrevista-a-kovid-go...