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24 stars at github, 2 forks, 33 upvotes at CP + umpteen downloads
This is what I get for promoting my code.
Now I have to maintain it.
I was just in the middle of making my EPUB stuff when someone opens an issue on my GFX project, saying it breaks on the newer ESP-IDF. So now I stop what I'm doing to fix that, which takes 20-30 minutes to build the almost two dozen projects involved. And then I have to make the new zip, update the article here, etc. Takes me about an hour of overhead to make even the smallest change to the public facing codebase, which I guess is how it should be, but I hoped for less overhead on a solitary project, even one of this size.
Anyway, it's my fault. It's popular enough that I probably will always have to maintain it forever now.
I wish I had some contributors though. 
I'm not sure what sort of unsavory things I'm expected to do in order to attract them, but I'm eager to learn. 
Real programmers use butterflies
modified 30-Jul-21 12:39pm.
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honey the codewitch wrote: I wish I had some contributors though.
Well, you obviously need more github contributors to help out.
Disclaimer: I know nothing about this area of marketing.
but, it seems to me that you need to market/advertise better (if "better" is even the correct term here?). Get the word out that you need contributors for your source repo. find forums that cater to what you are working on and start advertising.
make sure your source repo has plenty of documentation that is searchable via Google, etc. key words, tags, whatever.
GitHub - rdp/open-source-how-to-popularize-your-project[^]
best of luck. 
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Thanks. I've had some people out there that were interested but nobody that was proficient/willing-to-become-proficient at Generic Programming in C++ which is sort of necessary to code on this project.
The trouble is essentially demographics, I think. I get the Arduino and ESP32 hobbyist crowd, not a professional development crowd. The audience tends to be more green when it comes to coding, with more skills in the circuit building arena than in doing arcane compiler magic with C++.
I'll probably find some folks eventually when I produce drivers for ARM and stuff, and get more veterans involved in using it.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Having someone else test your code is nice.
It was only in wine that he laid down no limit for himself, but he did not allow himself to be confused by it.
― Confucian Analects: Rules of Confucius about his food
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Oh definitely. The other day I caught two bugs that should have never made it into my code. They weren't impacting code I was using, until they did, of course. One was I had assigned a signed value to a size_t (which strangely works in GCC under 64 bit minigw on windows - but not on the ESP32), and another I was subtracting a value where I should have been adding a value that was likely to be negative.
If I had someone else around to look at it, they'd catch things like this. Who knows what else lurks? This codebase is pretty complicated at this point.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Unless you graduate from random people making bug reports to people offering to pay you to get an SLA, don't feel obligated to drop what you're in the middle of to rush a fix out. Next week is soon enough; especially if you can save on the overhead by batching the bug fix up with other changes to only do the packaging steps once.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
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I do worry that not being responsive to fixes will lead people to abandoning my project, at least while it's still in its relative infancy so I've made it a priority. You think that's overly diligent? I wouldn't put off directly paying work to do it, but I have the time. It's just a matter of where I put my priorities. I'm not really sacrificing anything, but I do worry that the time will come soon when the sheer scope of the project and the maintenance it requires will overwhelm me. I'm human, after all, despite rumors to the contrary. If the project can get some contributors before it snowballs into something I can't manage on my own I'd sleep better.
Real programmers use butterflies
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Maybe you should be committed.
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probably
Real programmers use butterflies
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Well, you made it open source and I believe that if you put some code into your project that states that it's open source for a trial period and then make it upgradable to your next pivot on your platform, then maybe you will get some sponsorship and maybe even a little credit for your hard work! Programmer to Programmer, it's not as easy as it used to be. There's a lot of competition now and if you put all of your eggs in one basket you're asking for a migraine. JUST MY HONEST OPINION.
-RANDY
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Planet AIDS - Apokalyptik AIDS[^]
A bit of an odd one this week.
Planet AIDS - share the needle! - was a Dutch drone noise band with members from Dutch black metal bands like Botulistum, Fluisterwoud and Sauron.
I don't think they picked their name to raise awareness as their "concept" was that everyone should die of AIDS.
Maybe their name is a pick on Planet Aid, the nonprofit that collects clothes and shoes and supports development projects for developing countries.
Whatever it is, their misanthropic message fits the dark music, or noise, if you will.
During their existence, they only released this one mini-album with this 28 minute long track.
They released another song, Missa Nera, but only on YouTube, before they split up in 2006 or 2007.
Missa Nera was released on LP last year, some 14 years after it first appeared on YouTube.
So anyway, I still have their mini-album on CD and the droning noise is a really great way to get to sleep, listened to it every night in bed this week!
Sound of the week, although I've never heard the last ten minutes or so 
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Never thought I'll find someone interested in Amenra here! Never considered seriously them (partly because of a vocals) until Mass VI arrived which instantly promoted them to one of my favorite bands (if not favorite)
Makes me consider once again that quite often masterpieces require their creator to endure suffering
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TX6430 wrote: Their screaming vocals reminded me suddenly about Amenra
Not quite the association I had 
Amenra is pretty cool though, have you heard their newest album?
Some friends of mine have it on repeat.
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Quote: have you heard their newest album
yes, but in "fly-by" mode, so I will give it more attention ...
modified 30-Jul-21 12:24pm.
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28 minutes???
It will be sound of next week too by the time I finish listening to it!
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But you will have listened to it 
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Grossly unfair at home - leave in debts. (10)
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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grossly unfair (definition)
at home in
leave quit
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debts ious
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And just in time, too ... 
You are up Monday! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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First: I hate my boss and am looking to move to another job because he micro-manages me, and knows nothing about programming.
Second: He's one of my best friends, and I don't want to leave him in the lurch.
Third: As I am older, and with the pandemic raging, and the way people drive in New Orleans, I could die at any time.
Having said that, I have gotten him to agree to hire some younger programmer, so that that guy and I could do some"Team Programming" together, and I could teach him my code, and he could eventually take over, when I die or get a new job, whichever comes first.
The job would pay around 35K per year. The program is written is VB6, but if I could find someone that is familiar with VB.Net getting him up to speed would be easy.
So, two questions. Do you think I have a chance of finding someone at that pay level, since 60K to 65K if the going rate here, for really experienced programmers?
Second question, is there a particular web site that I should use? In other words, where do you go when looking for a job?
Any help, that doesn't criticize VB6 (I started writing this program in 1980), would be sincerely appreciated.
Repo man
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Up here, for that money, you get a script-kiddie who doesn't know what a class is, let alone the difference between "public" and "private" accessors.
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Yet if you hire remotely, $35k / year will get you someone with 5-10+ years experience :p
Bad pay in the US is often extremely good pay in many other countries.
-= Reelix =-
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With 35k / year in Italy you buy the entire family. I'm doing a bit more than that but I am extremely lucky and I played my cards right - I bailed out at the last minute when the hiring company already had sold the T&M project to the customer so they had to Accept* a higher request from me.
*As in the rock band Accept, since they had their b***s to the wall.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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