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My simple GitHub project went viral

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Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

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Post by kungito »

jimmyed wrote: post #7

Not sure how anyone can feel proud of "projects" like these. This is mostly janitorial work with zero coding, made viral by hordes of wannabe frontend devs. I wouldn't mention this project on my resume.

It's not technically complex but it shows that he recognized a need for something in the community and provided a solution with proof that people liked it. A software developer is way more than just a coder; which many people seem to forget.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

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Post by noitpmeder »

jimmyed wrote: post #7

Not sure how anyone can feel proud of "projects" like these. This is mostly janitorial work with zero coding, made viral by hordes of wannabe frontend devs. I wouldn't mention this project on my resume.

What an absolutely horrible sentiment. Just because this is not something you'd consider doing does not mean it's not something someone can feel proud of.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

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Post by blowski »

plibither8 wrote: post #16
jimmyed wrote: post #7

Not sure how anyone can feel proud of "projects" like these. This is mostly janitorial work with zero coding, made viral by hordes of wannabe frontend devs. I wouldn't mention this project on my resume.

> hordes of wannabe frontend devs Classic HN gatekeeping, this is so unnecessarily degrading. Everyone starts somewhere, and like it or not, making clones is a very good way to learn about the basics of web dev. If they make a good clone and want to share it and get feedback, what's the harm?

In my experience, those who moan about the simplicity of others' work are the least likely to release something of their own.

Not everything needs to have a machine learning moon-rocket-launching cryptomining discombobulator to be useful and a job well done.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

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Post by 5fnheluzdj »

alpaca128 wrote: post #9
jimmyed wrote: post #7

Not sure how anyone can feel proud of "projects" like these. This is mostly janitorial work with zero coding, made viral by hordes of wannabe frontend devs. I wouldn't mention this project on my resume.

If you think "janitorial" work with zero coding is unimportant I assume you were never involved in any project that's a little too big for a single programmer doing everything. And what's so bad about making potentially interesting projects more visible?

Compilations are derivatives of original work. There is nothing inherently wrong with compilations being more popular but the effort put into it is much less. Clicks don't take effort or other metrics into account.

Thinking about this more deeply raises more questions: What is effort? Is it measured in time or competence needed? Is promoting less effort? How could it be achieved that the credit distributes adequately across original work and derivatives?

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

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Post by Aachen »

nindalf wrote: post #20
matusp wrote: post #18

This is a really click-baity title (My simple GitHub project went Viral). It should be edited.

It's the title of the original post and it's factually correct. What would your edited version be?

This "it's the original title" policy that gets thrown around a lot seems counter-productive to me by now. Someone will post an actual description of what's significant about a release, but then it gets edited to "ObscureName 1.2" which leaves you wondering: what is this? Should I care? Is it a software tool, a hardware product, can I eat it? Is it even news, a significant milestone that makes this a viable product that I'd like, or is 1.2 a version interesting for nostalgia? It tells me absolutely nothing, but yay it's the original title?

Similarly here, it tells me every little about what the post is going to be. There's a bit of what happened, but also it's a writeup of what it is and how it's made. A better title might be "How I made an Open Source Clones List go Viral on GitHub" - just off the top of my head, you can probably do better, but it would already help you figure out whether you're interested in what it has to offer before having to click.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

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Post by exegete »

nindalf wrote: post #20
matusp wrote: post #18

This is a really click-baity title (My simple GitHub project went Viral). It should be edited.

It's the title of the original post and it's factually correct. What would your edited version be?

Not original commenter, but maybe “Open-source clones or alternatives of popular sites”? Something more descriptive about the content.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

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Post by zelphirkalt »

atxbcp wrote: post #19
kuu wrote: post #11

40k visits and only 1 donation. Not that I complain or that I think he deserves more or less, just interesting to see the ratio.

Zero hosting cost, zero added value, why would you donate anything for a project like this ?

Someone put their time into creating it? Also perhaps because it is useful to people and if we ever hope to keep good content coming, without having to suffer through endless ads, we should support, what we deem to be good content.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

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Post by zelphirkalt »

kuu wrote: post #11

40k visits and only 1 donation. Not that I complain or that I think he deserves more or less, just interesting to see the ratio.

Not disagreeing with you at all. There are many many projects, that run on time and dedication of their creators and which deserve more.
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