How we got 1,500 GitHub stars by mixing time-tested technology with a fresh UI

Post by trakout » Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 4:53 PM UTC

nraynaud wrote: post #10

diggan wrote: post #8

Ignoring the fact that Github Stars are a aweful metric for anything else than vanity, "More bells and whistles" feels like a terrible advice and you should much more focus on a "easy-to-get-started" readme with just the minimal amount of beels and whistles to effectively communicate what your thing is really about.

I'm extatic one of my project reached 100 stars. Sometimes we need to feel good.

Post by tracker1 » Fri, Jun 16, 2017, 9:21 PM UTC

insulanian wrote: post #4

Cynddl wrote: post #2

Despite the title, the article raises an interesting point: why do we prefer new code, with less features, to old but robust projects. > Unfortunately, we were affected by cognitive bias: old code is bad code. But the truth can be the opposite. The old code is battle-tested by thousands of users in hundreds of different projects. Most of the critical bugs have been fixed, the documentation is complete, there are tons…

Old last commit date could mean two things: 1. Project left in unfinished state and development stalled, in which case it's reasonable to run away from it. 2. Project done (fulfilling it's purpose) and turned to maintenance mode, in which case I'd be quite happy (as a matter of fact I'd prefer) to use it as I know I'm dealing with a stable codebase and don't need to be afraid of breaking changes in the future. I thin…

Post by [deleted] » Sat, Jun 17, 2017, 6:45 AM UTC

nsmith7979 wrote: post #28

Hey, I'm the author of the "GraphQL Visualizer" tool ( http://nathanrandal.com/graphql-visualizer/ ) that they mention in the article as inspiration for their project. This new project is quite nice and definitely a step up from mine. Also wanted to mention that there is a CLI version of the visualizer at https://github.com/sheerun/graphqlviz for when you want to quickly visualize a GraphQL endpoint for documentation…

Post by c8g » Sat, Jun 17, 2017, 3:01 PM UTC

yorwba wrote: post #22

c8g wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

http://githubstars.com this a really helpful site. curl project got 5k stars from it :p

I believe your parent comment censored censored the link to avoid boosting the site's page rank. You may want to edit your comment (or not).