"This is depressing for project creators. Early on, they have the triumphant experience of building exactly what they want, and solving their nagging problem. A

"This is depressing for project creators. Early on, they have the triumphant experience of building exactly what they want, and solving their nagging problem. And the result is that they’re cleaning up after a bunch of requests from people who are either annoyed that it doesn’t work for them or have unsolicited feedback on how it ought to work. No wonder Linus Torvalds gets so mad. Running a successful open source project is just Good Will Hunting in reverse, where you start out as a respected genius and end up being a janitor who gets into fights." -- Byrne Hobart I have to admit that this really rings true for me, and it's why my "fun" projects are usually solo affairs.