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My simple GitHub project went viral

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Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

#51
post #34

Hate to pick on a typo, but I had to laugh. “Scrapping Reddit” is exactly how I added two hours back to my day.

author here. lol, Grammarly didn't pick this. (En is not my native language). Thanks for informing, fixed it.

Wow! You have just made me aware of a potentially good use of Grammarly.

Until now I had assumed Grammarly was for people who should have learned to write better in school. I wonder if there's a Dutch Grammarly? :P

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

#52
post #19
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 ?

Aggregation and curation lists have implicit value.

You are reading these posts on such a thing right now.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

#56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I have to find a weekly hn newsletter system. https://hackernewsletter.com/

Is this still active? The current issue example links an issue from 2019

yes, still active. At least, I got last newsletter last Sunday

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

#57
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.

the way I see it is that anyone who contributes to open source likely utilizes open source.

Think of the market value for some of the open tools you use and how much they would cost you that you instead get for free.

To me, that's the payment you get even before you contribute.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

#58
post #34

Hate to pick on a typo, but I had to laugh. “Scrapping Reddit” is exactly how I added two hours back to my day.

author here. lol, Grammarly didn't pick this. (En is not my native language). Thanks for informing, fixed it.

The sentence is grammatically correct and it would be wrong for a grammar checker to flag it.

It just doesn't mean what you intended :)

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

#59
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.

That's roughly what I'd expect?

An easy way to estimate this: think of how many websites you visit a year, then divide the number of donations you make per year by that.

If this number isn't zero, you're a statistical outlier.

Re: My simple GitHub project went viral

#60
post #34

Hate to pick on a typo, but I had to laugh. “Scrapping Reddit” is exactly how I added two hours back to my day.

weirdly enough, most Indian devs I come across write (and say) "Scrapping" for some reason. I gave up on trying to correct them. (Obv I'm indian too)
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