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Software developer community is over-served when it comes to tools and automation. Please, just branch out and help people who aren't programmers. This goes t

• tikhonj 15y ago
  I don't think this is true at all. The developer community might get more attention than everybody else, but this is a good thing: making developers more efficient results in more software for everybody. Besides, most such projects are written to fill a specific need of the author. They would have been written regardless; they are released because of the open-source culture prevalent in the development community. There are so many development tools just because developers are so happy to share. Edit: I'm not sure this particular product is open-source. I'm just commenting on the prevalence of developer tools in general.
  • mahmud 15y ago
    Coding for developers is like being a security guard for the army.
    • eaurouge 15y ago
      Depending on what you code, coding for developers could be like providing ammo to the army, or like building robots for the army, sometimes for free. Except you actually create a cascading effect as better software tools lead to better software, which leads to ... But you already know this, or should.
• jpadilla_ 15y ago
  I don't think its over-served at all. We like to build tools; tools for regular users, and tools for power users. Tools for power users make it easier to build tools for regular users. So Blimp is a tool for your regular user, and -M is a tool to make it easier for us to keep working on Blimp.