On 23/10/24 11:49AM, Kyryl Melekhin wrote: > Besides, I want people to actually use my software and have some kind > of visibility. > > Nobody would know of suckless.org were it not be constantly posted and > talked about > on various social media(s).
This touches up one of the fundamental differences between suckless software and software that sucks: what drives the creation of software? Many mainstream software projects have fallen prey to the same disease that gripped show business and other creative fields: it is exclusively driven by publicity, catering to crowds and statistical analysis of target audiences, over everything else. This is something to take note of and avoid. Programmers shouldn't be held hostage by the "opinion of the crowd" (a social network defect). Programmers should be motivated only by the desire to create what is in their own opinion functional, quality software. Maybe it will be hidden in obscurity, so what? But it won't. If it is useful, those interested will find a way to discover it and use it.
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