GitHub is like programmer OnlyFans. Only the top .1% gets millions of downloads.
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Kind of how it goes for most content though no?
Yes, but I complained on a very important project once...
I do this too:
New issue
Title: MAJOR BLOCKING
Description:
It doesn't work please fix
It is now tagged as "good first issue"
WON'T DO
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.
Ignore them unless they pay you.
Hahaha that 2nd link, the audacity...
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.
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.
Eh, that's a lot of work. It's no wonder why there's such a large "Malware as a Service" industry nowadays
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.
I can only dream to be this popular and useful
Don't be shy, link the repo
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
codeberg, not microsoft github
Please, I'll let you know I have one star on my Codeberg
So much junk in your github that it is comparabble to all modern infrastructure.
This implies that my code lives outside of modern tech. I write pure assembly
No, you gotta be making your own transistors.
The one on the bottom is the CPU architectures.
The background is the laws of the universe.
That’s great. I don’t want that burden either way.
Yeah. I am currently only doing projects to learn how to do things I want to learn like writing physics code, CAD software from scratch, etc. My hope is to turn it into a company. Maybe, after the AI bubble bursts, I can start looking for some funding.
"Whoa, is it floating in the air? No! Listen, I'm into it. That's cool as hell. That just lets you know how NATURAL and ORGANIC the code is!" -- Free ~~Apple~~ Application.
Also yeah imagine if I did anything, let alone having a project worthy of the thought of uploading it anywhere.
Hey!!!!
Yeah well! I made a one line change to omz once!