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I agree with this comment. However, having mostly just a single person as the creator and maintainer means it has a truck factor of one. A small team would ins
by laeri 3y ago
I agree with this comment. However, having mostly just a single person as the creator and maintainer means it has a truck factor of one.
A small team would inspire more confidence in the longevity of the project.
- squarefoot 3y agoIt's Open Source, the best possible remedy against many disgraces, bus factor included.
- laeri 3y agoIt sure helps that the code is open source. However, there are some factors that still make it harder for other people to pick up a project - a lot of knowledge can be lost how the system works and has to be reverse engineered - which fork is the chosen one by the community and how will people know about it - branding might be unclear, can you reuse the name or should you rename your project
- kramerger 3y agoMaybe being featured on HN attracts more developers now? You seem to consider this important, maybe you could volunteer?
- laeri 3y agoCan you explain what you mean exactly?