I used to not understand this tip from http://cultureandempire.com:
There is. «TIP: When there is something that people are asking for, and you don't know how to do it yourself, announce publicly that it is impossible." Or, propose a solution that is so awkward hopeless that it annoys real experts into stepping up.»
Re:The legacy of Pieter Hintjens
by icebraining on Thursday October 06, 2016 @12:43PM
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Sounds like Cunningham's Law: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham%27s_Law
For those, like me, who also have trouble understanding this, I found Hintjens answered this very question [0] by mentioning a post on his blog [1].
[0] https://github.com/cultureandempire/cultureandempire.github....
His life-long accomplishments in building open source community and ZeroMQ legacy is impressive.
It was really painful to read his blogs for last few months, especially the Fighting Cancer piece (http://hintjens.com/blog:123). I'm sad to see him gone.