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Re: Publishing your work increases your luck

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Post by aarondf »

xor99 wrote: post #40
aarondf wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Haha! Publishing doesn't always mean open source code. I defined tweeting a thread about building my shed as publishing too! By the way, you should look at the thread about me building my shed. It rules: https://twitter.com/aarondfrancis/status/1333866090573811723

Lol, I agree with you 100% I just think github has a a few drawbacks versus self hosted blogs (etc,etc). Excellent shed! V happy for you :)

Haha np I read your original comment in a lighthearted way!

And thank you, I love working in here :D

Re: Publishing your work increases your luck

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Post by Frotag »

abathur wrote: post #39
Frotag wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personally I use github issues / prs as documentation for future me. It's a happy side effect that it builds my portfolio (same for if someone actually finds it useful).

Within a project context? Or do you have a more ~personal/meta repo where you're doing this more broadly? If the latter I'd be curious to see an example (but don't feel pressured if you aren't comfortable dropping it in a busy thread).

Nah, the first option, not a central repo. That's a cool idea though, maybe I should do that for irl todo lists. With markdown, it's probably easier / better than using notepad or discord or whatever.

Re: Publishing your work increases your luck

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Post by abathur »

Frotag wrote: post #42
abathur wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Within a project context? Or do you have a more ~personal/meta repo where you're doing this more broadly? If the latter I'd be curious to see an example (but don't feel pressured if you aren't comfortable dropping it in a busy thread).

Nah, the first option, not a central repo. That's a cool idea though, maybe I should do that for irl todo lists. With markdown, it's probably easier / better than using notepad or discord or whatever.

The projects beta will actually let you have a user project which would be easy enough to use that way. I am not sure, however, how public/searchable those are.

Re: Publishing your work increases your luck

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Post by ransom1538 »

vax425 wrote: post #8

I’ve been hesitating to publicize my project because there’s always something more I can add, or a bug to fix. I think things like: If I do a “Show HN” post, will I get too many users at the same time? Is there a better way to quietly get the first few customers and fix the issues that they uncover? I’m reading “The Mom Test” now to learn how to talk to potential users. Here’s what I’m working on: https://headlamptes…

"I’ve been hesitating to publicize my project because there’s always something more I can add"

This is why I only spend a week max on projects i put on HN. Once I hit the main page, but most of the time I am flagged or ignored. I would be devastated if I spent 3 years on something and it failed. I work on something for a week, post it, laugh, move on.

Re: Publishing your work increases your luck

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Post by ShamelessC »

aarondf wrote: post #11
vax425 wrote: post #8

I’ve been hesitating to publicize my project because there’s always something more I can add, or a bug to fix. I think things like: If I do a “Show HN” post, will I get too many users at the same time? Is there a better way to quietly get the first few customers and fix the issues that they uncover? I’m reading “The Mom Test” now to learn how to talk to potential users. Here’s what I’m working on: https://headlamptes…

Doing a Show HN and getting too many users would be a great problem to have! In most cases it takes a lot of work to get any users, so I wouldn't be trying to limit it at all if I were you. Good luck!

Maybe if you’re trying to run a business and need more DAU’s, not so much if you’re trying to donate software to open source and don’t want to see twenty shallow dismissals about how it’s wrong/could be better (but god forbid anyone actually submit a pull request or issue!)

Re: Publishing your work increases your luck

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Post by sp3000 »

amelius wrote: post #46

Yes, except some people don't want to be dependent on luck, but just want to produce great stuff regardless of what people think of it. To pick one extreme example: did Einstein (want to) depend on luck?

You're correct, no one wants to be dependent on luck. That's not what this article is saying. It's merely saying that putting yourself "out there", potentially gives you many more opportunities, which consequently can turn into producing even more great stuff. I'm sure Einstein was happy his ideas got exposure, and I'm sure that exposure led to collaborations and leverage that he wouldn't have had otherwise.

Re: Publishing your work increases your luck

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Post by andrewmcwatters »

My business has a GitHub Actions workflow that collects statistics from the GitHub Users and Repositories APIs. 1% of the platform is doing anything at all. In essence, yes, publishing your work does increase your luck.[1]

It puts you in the other half of the distribution pool, those that do--versus the 99%+ who do not.

[1]: https://github.com/andrewmcwattersandco/github-statistics

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