On Monday, 5 August 2013 at 19:44:12 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
This is a bit of a generic reply to a constant theme I see here.
It pains me to see a lot of great D projects languish in
obscurity, and often the author(s) eventually get frustrated
with that and abandon them.
The problem is that "Field of Dreams", i.e. "build it and they
will come" is a Hollywood fantasy. The authors simply must
promote it. That means, at the barest minimum, writing a nice
article that answers the basic questions:
who
what
where
when
why
how
and then getting that article published & promoted in social
media, online magazines, etc. Note that online magazines are
BEGGING for content. Some will even PAY MONEY for decent
content.
Throwing code up on github isn't good enough. Expecting people
to read the source code to figure out who/what/where/etc is
never going to work. A one line announcement "Hi! I just
released Dxxxxx! Enjoy!" is going to fail. Hoping that others
will pick up the flag and carry it for you is a pipe dream.
I know that people often are reluctant to promote their own
stuff because they feel it's immodest. All I can say is get
over it! Look at Donald Trump, Steve Jobs, Gene Simmons, Jeff
Bezos, Elon Musk, etc. None of them are/were remotely shy about
promotion.
Besides, it's fun when others read one's articles and comment
on them, a lot more fun than waiting to be discovered.
I think my problem is that there are so many people in the D
community that I would consider MUCH better at software
development than myself, so I get pretty self conscious when it
comes to me talking about my stuff. You're right though, I should
definitely get over it and spread the word!
I promise I will write some stuff and post in the announce
section once I have a little more time.(classes are currently
destroying me)
