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It’s fun to build things like this but if you want to nourish a user base you need to fully understand the landscape of similar tools and then explain your diff
by ctur 1y ago
It’s fun to build things like this but if you want to nourish a user base you need to fully understand the landscape of similar tools and then explain your differentiating value. This is /particularly/ important for security related tools.
Specifically you should compare and contrast to tools like SOPS, Ansible Vault, pass, etc.
- ecb_penguin 1y agoOr you could just build things for fun. Why do we have to care about "nourishing a user base"? Two decades ago we would build software and release it for fun and utility. > Specifically you should compare and contrast to tools like SOPS, Ansible Vault, pass, etc. What a boring proposition for hobby projects.
- janfoeh 1y agoYou are taking the words right out of my mouth. This Github star hunting—, CV padding—, make-it-big-and-BDFL-yourself—approach to open source that has crept in over the last decade is bewildering and rather unpleasant.