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A short story from the pre-development of Electric/Hyperfiddle. I was sitting at a table with Rich and Dustin after Conj in Philly. Dustin was trying to explain
by JackMorgan 2y ago
A short story from the pre-development of Electric/Hyperfiddle. I was sitting at a table with Rich and Dustin after Conj in Philly. Dustin was trying to explain some of these (still hypothetical) ideas to Rich, and Rich was just too tired from the keynote to really follow along. He wasn't dismissive, but just didn't seem to get the Big Idea. Many people would have taken that as a sign and possibly dropped the idea.
Not Dustin though, if anything he seems to have doubled down and sought to prove the ideas with working libraries. Here we are years later with a growing community and excitement about this real working software.
Bravo Dustin for having the strength to stay the course. You knew you were on to something way back then, and haven't lost sight of it.
- dustingetz 2y agoha nooo i think he said: “i am looking for something more flexible” than the immutable REST payload POC we were playing with at the time (this was 8 years ago). He was right!
- JackMorgan 2y agoAh excellent extra detail! Eight years. I wager you've put in a remarkable amount of hammock driven development in that time.
- dustingetz 2y agoI think every clojure programmer has; thinking alone can only get one so far. Electric is the result of contributions of multiple 4-sigma engineers who I have worked closely with over the years. Projects like this are larger than any individual; genuine progress requires collaboration.