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Re:Ask HN: How do you come to terms accepting a hard-worked ... by arkitaip on Saturday July 17, 2021 @03:12AM (#27864041)
Sounds pretty successful for something you worked on for just a month and only exposed to the world for a few days. Most projects never see these numbers because they never see the day of light.

You seem to have high expectations for this project, expecting it to take people by storm from the start. Why? It can take YEARS for code to gain popularity, and even then your niche might be so small that the success feels minor.

We all want our code to make a big splash on GitHub, but the truth is that most open code is worked on by a single dev for years without much fanfare.

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Re:Ask HN: How do you come to terms accepting a hard-worked ... by redfox2 on Saturday July 17, 2021 @01:51PM (#27867488)
I wasn't aware of that. Since the standards for a 'successful' project are relatively abstract, I had a very bad idea on what defines a good project. I'll work on it and get better. Thanks.
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