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Good questions. I use Caddy often. Even some of the features coming out next month are based on my own needs. So that's a plus: it's not a project that's irrel
by mholt 4y ago
Good questions.
I use Caddy often. Even some of the features coming out next month are based on my own needs. So that's a plus: it's not a project that's irrelevant to me.
True, I could earn more at a large or VC-backed tech company. But the flexibility of working on something of which I'm the world expert is quite satisfying and is paying the bills for now, so I'll probably ride this wave as long as I can or want to.
Building something from the ground-up and exerting so much effort to make it the best in its class has been invigorating, so you could say I got "hooked" on it. (But I do reject the notion that it's "my baby" as some people refer to it. It has over 300 contributors by now and I'm not sure I'm even the top code committer at this point.)
- svnpenn 4y ago> I'm not sure I'm even the top code committer at this point you are, by a lot: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/graphs/contributors https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/graphs/contributors
- mholt 4y agoOver all time, yes, but look at the last ~year: https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/graphs/contributors?from=2021-08-05&to=2022-08-29&type=c https://github.com/caddyserver/caddy/graphs/contributors?fro...