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It’s one of the first questions people will ask so it’s probably worthwhile to mention it. I didn’t get the impression they did so just because they thought rus

• CobrastanJorji 4mo ago
  If the first thing people ask about your offering is "what programming language did you use when you made this," your offering is probably not that interesting.
  • scared_together 4mo ago
    The offering in question is "A better GitHub" so you are correct. That is an actual quote from the FAQ [0] by the way. In comparison CodeBerg [1] and SourceHut [2] both offer Git hosting but don't merely describe themselves as "GitHub but X". [0] https://gitdot.io/faq https://gitdot.io/faq [1] https://codeberg.org/ https://codeberg.org/ [2] https://sourcehut.org/ https://sourcehut.org/
  • thayne 4mo ago
    Or maybe your audience is developers who might want to contribute to the project, and would prefer to work in some languages more than others.
    • CobrastanJorji 4mo ago
      If your primary audience is people who want to contribute to it, then the fun of hacking on it is more impactful than the benefit of the offering itself. That's not bad at all! But it also does not suggest that the offering itself is particularly impactful.
      • thayne 4mo ago
        Not necessarily. It isn't at all unusual to use something because it is useful and also want to be able to make improvements to it.