We are still very early. Some of the products look very polished, and that hides the immaturity of the underlying concept.
People expect too much, at this point, sometimes. They're confused by how snazzy some of the interfaces look, I think.
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Very true, I underestimated the time required to even build a small library, let alone the full stack signing app I've been building. I have way more time than most devs too (less experience). It's come so far in a short time, but as usual when you look under the hood you can see how glued most applications are.
To think most apps were built in spare time, without funding, nostr is one of the most exciting and impressive environments I've been around.
Yes, the big funding showed up, later. Hodlbod and Fiatjaf and co. were here before the funding.
It's clear that some of the older libraries were built at a time when they had no idea how big and complex their running environment would eventually be.
We're coming in later and building with a view of massive expansion and diversification of use cases. Need other tools and architecture for that, but that's what we're used to from our employers. Different kinds of software devs are arriving now, as the protocol matures, but it's still very early.
Yup.
But I also think that's an indictment of how trash most software is. That irks me to no end.
It's rapid prototypes that became products.
Many with no idea how to turn into better products.
They often do know, but they're under extreme pressure to deliver features. Refactoring too long or even 😱 changing to a lower-level tech stack will get you eaten by the Nostr Mob.
I'm done complaining about low product quality because I better-understand the way the market here works and we can build a better copy later.
Gotcha.