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Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by nine_k »

nightowl_games wrote: post #146
nine_k wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's only work if your sustenance depends on it, or if you bet on it to make it big, if you need to be compensated for it. Otherwise it's a hobby, and enjoying your hobby 10 hours a day, 7 days a week is an envious life, if you can afford it. (Barone specifically could not; he had to have a part-time job as an usher in a theater; that was work.)

As someone who's done game dev professionally for a decade, as well as had countless personal projects and has known others to have done the same: don't underestimate the toll game dev can take on you, it's a cruel mistress. Stardew Valley is a massive outlier.

Can't disagree. But, you know, making love can be pretty physically taxing, but people do it, because the process itself is its own reward.

It's only work if you tolerate it for the reward on the payday.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by ziddoap »

qup wrote: post #176
madeofpalk wrote: post #167

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Meta: It's a shame all the [dead] comments here over the title of this post are hidden to most. I think it's a good reminder of the opposition some face in this (and other) industries for merely existing.

I don't have them hidden. I can't find anything derogatory about women; rather, the comments point out perceived hypocrisy around naming genders in titles. The comments about Nadia specifically were great, including a dead comment saying what a blessing she is to the rails community. > Ruby on Rails community is so lucky to have Nadia Another dead comment says it's not impressive, but doesn't mention gender. Two dead…

>I don't really find any of the specific comments notable, hateful, or oppositional.

The fact that gender is mentioned at all, when it's never mentioned in posts that have "one man dev team" in the title, doesn't imply anything to you?

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by qup »

ziddoap wrote: post #182
qup wrote: post #176

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't have them hidden. I can't find anything derogatory about women; rather, the comments point out perceived hypocrisy around naming genders in titles. The comments about Nadia specifically were great, including a dead comment saying what a blessing she is to the rails community. > Ruby on Rails community is so lucky to have Nadia Another dead comment says it's not impressive, but doesn't mention gender. Two dead…

> I don't really find any of the specific comments notable, hateful, or oppositional. The fact that gender is mentioned at all, when it's never mentioned in posts that have "one man dev team" in the title, doesn't imply anything to you?

Yes, it implies that calling attention to things done by women is a trigger for gender discussions. I think trying to make arguments about why they are triggering requires you to make a lot of assumptions about people who aren't yourself.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by acdha »

pavel_lishin wrote: post #61
bilbo0s wrote: post #10

Only tangentially relevant to the story I guess, but StoryGraph is kind of a brilliant idea.

I should really migrate from GoodReads; since Amazon bought them, development has effectively stopped, and there's a lot of QoL issues.

The export/import process was painless and after switching the main thing I noticed is how obvious it is that StoryGraph is under active development and Goodreads is effectively orphaned.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by sebastianz »

madeofpalk wrote: post #167
dang wrote: post #201

[stub for offtopicness] [good grief]

Meta: It's a shame all the [dead] comments here over the title of this post are hidden to most. I think it's a good reminder of the opposition some face in this (and other) industries for merely existing.

I understand your point, but in reality we all know the world is full of mean and petty people. I am thankful for the moderation on the platforms I read for (at least some of the time) sparing me the frustration and sadness I would get from otherwise constantly reading their opinions.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by NeveHanter »

ternnoburn wrote: post #55
dang wrote: post #201

[stub for offtopicness] [good grief]

[flagged]

The more popular HN gets the more clickbait-y, attention-seeking and polarising titles and articles we're getting. I also think the more popular it is the less weight each down-vote/flag has, we will see more and more of such content being posted.

I and most of the people I know or work with really don't care whether something is/was made by a man or a woman. IMO that's totally unnecessary part of the title and its some kind of the usual "clickbait" you see in the news titles everywhere.

BTW: I was used to seeing "one-man" being used everywhere regardless whether the person in context was a man or a woman and only today I've discovered that both one-woman and one-person are valid by couple of UK/US dictionaries (even the older ones). Maybe that's one of the reason why some non-native speakers see this as an clickbait/attention seeking.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by ziddoap »

qup wrote: post #184
ziddoap wrote: post #182

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I don't really find any of the specific comments notable, hateful, or oppositional. The fact that gender is mentioned at all, when it's never mentioned in posts that have "one man dev team" in the title, doesn't imply anything to you?

Yes, it implies that calling attention to things done by women is a trigger for gender discussions. I think trying to make arguments about why they are triggering requires you to make a lot of assumptions about people who aren't yourself.

>discussions

That is a charitable way to read the flagged comments.

Re: Getting to 2M users as a one woman dev team [video]

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Post by bwb »

magnio wrote: post #159
phildenhoff wrote: post #147

StoryGraph is an excellent tool and I continue to use it daily. I’ve also found Hardcover.app, which I quite like. It has an API and a slightly more refined UI, but it’s clearly more than one person working on it. Of course, if your focus is book clubs, Fable is likely the app for you

I also use Hardcover.app, but the community there is tiny compared to Goodreads, with the only possible exception being fantasy readers.

It will get there, its growing :)
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