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Uh, yeah, and neither did pretty much anybody else. nginx has only been of any significance for a few years. What's your point?

• stdbrouw 15y ago
  I think his point is that NGINX gained in popularity even when its docs were still awful because the software was supposedly "just that good." Ergo, a bad first impression is an important part of getting software adopted but really good software can overcome that hurdle. The Mapnik GIS software (and the stack around it) used to be similar: a total pain in the ass to compile and configure, but people used it anyway because it was the best thing out there. Mind you, I think these are real exceptions, and don't agree with the implied idea that good software will thrive regardless of how hard it is to work with.
  • nknight 15y ago
    nginx doesn't exactly need much documentation, but it didn't get popular in spite of poor/absent documentation, somebody put in the effort to start writing documentation so a wider audience could put it to use. Nobody has put effort into Plan 9's usability (which, by the way, is a much bigger problem than documentation issues), which was my whole point.