New repos, high hopes, every time
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I'm an amateur programmer at best, and the height of my programming "career" was when my friend told me their IT was using my tool internally. It has a few hundred stars on GitHub now, so not too bad. Sad thing is that I have other projects that I actually am passionate about, but they don't get much love.
Don't be shy, link the repo
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GitHub is like programmer OnlyFans. Only the top .1% gets millions of downloads.
Kind of how it goes for most content though no?
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Don't be shy, link the repo
wrote last edited by [email protected]Sorry, but I use my real name on GitHub.
I can say that it's not a very complex project, and I think that simplicity is probably why people like it.
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On the other hand, once it gets used and depended upon by several companies, you could have them in your hands. Screw them over, break their shit. Or… start charging? Maybe go for a license / ??? that allows for free use but requests payment for paid use
Eh, that's a lot of work. It's no wonder why there's such a large "Malware as a Service" industry nowadays
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On the other hand, once it gets used and depended upon by several companies, you could have them in your hands. Screw them over, break their shit. Or… start charging? Maybe go for a license / ??? that allows for free use but requests payment for paid use
I tried to get paid consulting from it but never got a penny. But you're right, if I were more aggressive it could have worked as supplemental income.
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Original source artwork: https://xkcd.com/2347/
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My project has been used by random companies at some point, never again, I can't recommend it to anyone. At first it was nice to have my stuff getting real world use but the never ending issues asking for new features and pressure to keep everything up to date was exhausting. It was a relief to archive it, never again.
The curl lean maintainer blogged about how most car manufacturers use curl yet none donate and also how sometimes companies expect him to do work and bs for free.
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The curl lean maintainer blogged about how most car manufacturers use curl yet none donate and also how sometimes companies expect him to do work and bs for free.
Ignore them unless they pay you.Hahaha that 2nd link, the audacity...
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On the other hand, once it gets used and depended upon by several companies, you could have them in your hands. Screw them over, break their shit. Or… start charging? Maybe go for a license / ??? that allows for free use but requests payment for paid use
Maybe go for a license / ??? that allows for free use but requests payment for paid use
Actually, that would make it non-free (a.k.a source-available) software by FSF's definition. You can do something like Qt (copyleft license for free, permissive license for a fee), but this doesn't really work for a lot of software.
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Sorry, but I use my real name on GitHub.
I can say that it's not a very complex project, and I think that simplicity is probably why people like it.
All good! I do know of a good few projects like that and yes, simplicity is often a very good selling point
