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Just curious. You are already hard at work on the proposal. The micro repo shows it was created 2 years ago. Are you beginning to have doubts about continuing (
by rapnie 3y ago
Just curious. You are already hard at work on the proposal. The micro repo shows it was created 2 years ago. Are you beginning to have doubts about continuing (maybe, given the scepticism and dismissals you receive)?
I feel a lot of the dismissive folks are ones thinking hyperscale, unicorns, big tech, growth hacking, network effects, and above all big monetization. But that is not where one has to go. It is certainly a tough challenge to get to be self-sustainable. Good community isn't found in the big numbers, and decent salary needn't be too.
- asim 3y agoI'm not really having doubts but I am trying to figure out the right way to approach this. I have spent many years writing code thinking as an engineer if I just built the technical solutions I would figure out the rest but it's clear this isn't about code. Any of us could implement this. What really matters is developing mindshare. I previously bootstrapped the open source project and went on to raise VC funding. In the months before raising money I had become disillusioned with my efforts. I had to stop coding and use a different skill to convince investors to give me a chance. In this scenario I do feel it's the same only this time I need to convince the developer community that this is worthwhile and maybe crowdfund to get started? If we cater to the few who really care, maybe it's enough to at least build something self sustaining for us and the people around us.
- rapnie 3y agoCan relate to that. You could check out the fediverse. There's plenty people with the mindshare there, and the ecosystem is moving on from microblogging towards stronger communities and technical support for them.