From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
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From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
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Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#2Seems like a cool idea but have you considered what role your popularity plays in all of it? I consider myself a casual visitor to HN and more of a lurker than anything yet I still recognize your site immediately meaning you've gained traction with random folk like myself let alone more hardcore members.
Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#3"I wrote spark in bash shell. From the start, this gave me a huge audience."
It also helps to be a prominent employee and user of a central developer community, with over 800 followers.
Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#4From "Hack" to "Popular Project"? So, what, Linus and his Linux kernel? ;)
Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#5The harder problem for me is to find a good "Hack" :/
Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#6"I wrote spark in bash shell. From the start, this gave me a huge audience." It also helps to be a prominent employee and user of a central developer community, with over 800 followers.
To clarify, over 800 followers on github. Over 10,000 followers on twitter.
Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#7I wonder how he even got the idea to create something like spark. It's such a "unique" project. I wonder if he has a list of ideas or it just came to him spur of the moment.
Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#8Seems like a cool idea but have you considered what role your popularity plays in all of it? I consider myself a casual visitor to HN and more of a lurker than anything yet I still recognize your site immediately meaning you've gained traction with random folk like myself let alone more hardcore members.
I'm agree, the same happens to me, it may be that He's kind of charismatic, and his posts are easy and fun to read.So it's easier for his hacks to get popular. But we shouldn't diminish that his hack is simple and interesting.
simple + interesting = viral
Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#9This is the same process that happened to me when I created http://dummyimage.com (Complete history of the project: http://www.russellheimlich.com/blog/the-history-of-dummyimag...)
The funny thing is my project laid dormant for years until a friend of mine shared it here on HackerNews.
Re: From "Hack" to "Popular Project"
#10Fun, little, and mind-rewarding. That's just how hacks should be. I found what I'll be doing this afternoon.