I have no idea what any of this means but I feel you
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We have a monumental software project, that everyone feels really excited about, but I'm the main person using/testing it and I can't figure out how to get anyone else to join me.
There's no incentive to use it, until it's really good, but it won't get really good, unless we all use it.
Catch 22.
Hmmm that’s quite a predicament. What is it about it that makes people excited?
Would it help to have a non-dev, but tech literate guy like me use/test it with you? If it is anything to do with Project Alexandria, I am 100% down.
Yes, it will! ☺️ We actually hope to have a first alpha release out for testing, within a few weeks. We had to go back to the drawing board and fiddle with the design, some more, after we changed the spec for the events we're using. I'll issue a call for testers in the note announcing the version.
But that doesn't really help with my core problem that only a few repos (including ours and those from nostr:npub15qydau2hjma6ngxkl2cyar74wzyjshvl65za5k5rl69264ar2exs5cyejr ) are getting responses from the repo users and maintainers.
Can't help with the GitHub woes, but will be standing by to test the alpha build once available.
I'm not worried. so long as we have enough usage to continue improving the tools, eventually there will be waves of adoption. The value proposition is there, the trends our on our side and we will grow as nostr grows.
I'm the trend, Dan, and I'm getting exhausted. 😅
Your contributions are and have been invaluable. Ideas, testing and feedback, publicising and creating a conversation, work with nostr:npub1s3ht77dq4zqnya8vjun5jp3p44pr794ru36d0ltxu65chljw8xjqd975wz...the list goes on.
Particularly during this early phase before there has been much interest. You have created momentum.
Hopefully #GitViaNostr is entering a new phase with workable tools and more interest.
I don't know how you manage to be always be online and always posting! Pace yourselves because it sounds like burnout is a big think in the bitcoin and nostr space.
maybe it is harder to look out for one another being in non-IRL communities.
I literally gave up my day job and my kids are on summer vacation. But both of those are about to change and we're moving house this month, so I won't be able to keep up this pace.
I gave it a good 6 months, to help get it going. Was worth it. Sometimes you just have to buckle down, for a bit.
But, yeah, this is my plea that more OtherDevs focus on actually using OtherStuff, rather than only building it.