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Re:FlexBuffers by Aardappel on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:05AM (#23589660)
"market" it? This is an open source project, with zero budget. I'd rather spend my time writing more code than trying to market anything, which seems hard in todays climate :) Good systems will eventually reach people organically, even if it takes longer that way.
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Re:FlexBuffers by excerionsforte on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:26AM (#23589751)
Marketing is an umbrella term for spreading awareness. Less people that know about it then the less likely your product gets experimented with and then chosen. I don't think any recent serialization benchmarks include flexbuffers.

There's different ways to make people aware of alternatives. I chose to spread word of this product on HN :)

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Re:FlexBuffers by Aardappel on Sunday June 21, 2020 @01:28AM (#23590064)
Even that kind of "marketing" takes time :) But thanks for helping out.
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Re:FlexBuffers by webmaven on Sunday June 21, 2020 @12:17AM (#23589711)
Rather than "market", you could "promote" or "evangelize" instead...
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