I have an itch I want to scratch, I would like to add pony mail links to project report pages, and I am stuck indoors, so I will do what I have been putting off and spin up an EC2 instance and see how far I can get in a weekend. I'm more than happy to lend whatever weight I can to keeping whimsy viable, I'm, agnostic about technology but not good at time management! See you on #whimsy!
On 2020/03/19 12:39:53, Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > My experience with Whimsy matches every project I've ever tried to > contribute to. > > When I looked at the code with a vague "I want to get involved" mindset, > it was inscrutable nonsense. Not because it *was*, but because I had no > goal. > > When I had a specific thing that I wanted to fix - an itch to scratch - > the code was pretty clear, and it was fairly clear where I needed to > scratch. Also, the people on the Slack channel gave me the direction I > needed when I got lost, so there was the community building aspect of > "bad code, good community" that Stefano advocates. > > So, sure, change to a different language if you think it'll help, but > without people trying to scratch specific itches (which is, really, the > heart of the Whimsy project, even more than most!) I don't think it's > the right solution. It won't *hurt*, of course, but I don't think it'll > help much. > > If anything is lacking, it's clear working docs about getting a local > copy working for testing purposes. (Yes, there are instructions. No, I > was not able to get it working. Yes, I'm still trying.) > > All just MHO, based on possibly a dozen hours working on the project. > Take that for whatever it's worth. > > -- > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com > http://rcbowen.com/ > @rbowen >
