> But does it need to be official? When looking at the up-front time investment and long-term effects, it’s (counterintuitively) crucial that it be official.

> But does it need to be official? When looking at the up-front time investment and long-term effects, it’s (counterintuitively) crucial that it be official. If you’re lucky unofficial things eventually end up being official and work fine, but much more often unofficial things die on the vine. If you’re really unlucky the whole branch rots and the system you built on that branch ends up isolated on the ground. Apologies for stretching the metaphor, it’s been a long day.