How we got 1,500 GitHub stars by mixing time-tested technology with a fresh UI

Re:How we got 1,500 GitHub stars by mixing time-tested techn... by allengeorge on Friday June 16, 2017 @07:41AM (#14568087)

Maybe because we're swayed by superficial, yet impactful choices: the use of a "modern-looking webpage with a visually-attractive theme", the use of the latest technologies - or at least those the community is talking about, buzz around the project, etc.

I realize it's tedious, but even older projects could do with periodic updates to tutorials, documentation, webpage updates and outreach to draw new interest from the community.

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Re:How we got 1,500 GitHub stars by mixing time-tested techn... by lostcolony on Friday June 16, 2017 @08:46AM (#14568379)

"It may be stable, but is it pleasant?" to use, to develop with, etc. That matters. There is definitely a goldilocks zone for libraries/frameworks, where they're mature enough to be reasonable to use in production, but still recent enough to not require a lot of effort to bring up to date.

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