Small projects = few contributions. Large projects = lots of drama. Humans are an asset and a liability.
For me it is a surprise that large projects, such as Stack Exchange or Wikipedia, do not collapse immediately under their own weight. Could this be a survivor bias? Maybe the reason I know about these projects is because these are the ones that did not collapse… How many similar projects have failed?
Stack Exchange does many things wrong, and it is obvious how a smart and dedicated person could do it better. It is not obvious whether the alternative could grow large enough to be comparable to Stack Exchange and still remain good.
Ya I think you’re basically right here. Which is why I’m not really hoping to “grow large enough to be comparable to Stack Exchange and still remain good.” In fact even growing large enough and being sucky seems very hard.
My goal is just to make something that’s useful to individuals. I figure if I get use out of the thing when working alone, maybe other people would too.
Small projects = few contributions. Large projects = lots of drama. Humans are an asset and a liability.
For me it is a surprise that large projects, such as Stack Exchange or Wikipedia, do not collapse immediately under their own weight. Could this be a survivor bias? Maybe the reason I know about these projects is because these are the ones that did not collapse… How many similar projects have failed?
Stack Exchange does many things wrong, and it is obvious how a smart and dedicated person could do it better. It is not obvious whether the alternative could grow large enough to be comparable to Stack Exchange and still remain good.
Ya I think you’re basically right here. Which is why I’m not really hoping to “grow large enough to be comparable to Stack Exchange and still remain good.” In fact even growing large enough and being sucky seems very hard.
My goal is just to make something that’s useful to individuals. I figure if I get use out of the thing when working alone, maybe other people would too.