TQ🐍Dec 29, 2018

So... I read a bit more about #writefreely, specifically in the forums. I didn't like the way the devs pushed their own paid service onto ppl. I can see that funding your project this important, but it just seems... sneaky and not really truthful to first say "Hey, install it, it's free!" - and when users run into problems say "Hey, just use our service, it works!"

That's not what I'm looking for.

Show threadAaron OgleJan 4, 2019

@TQ it actually started as pod service and decided to open source. But as with any open source project driven by a developer... has to feed self some how. Open source projects that don’t gather mass contributions... or have a fed developer kinda die off.

It’s a tough balance. To be fair... installing it is so easy if people are running into issues... their best option is likely to have someone else host it

Show threadTQ🐍Jan 4, 2019
@geekgonecrazy I can totally understand that ppl need money to live, please don't get me wrong. But perhaps describing the installation as easy is too ambiguous and could mean... Anything? And the requirements could be a bit more descriptive, too, do people without the needed knowledge get the gist? Just some thoughts.
Show threadAaron OgleJan 4, 2019
@TQ That’s fair.. I’m sure it could use some better instructions. Thankfully it’s a single binary(it’s golang) so just a matter of explaining how to hook up the lb and such I’m guesing
Show threadTQ🐍
@geekgonecrazy I'm sorry I lashed out, I was quite frustrated that I somehow didn't seem to get the installation to work. Thing is, I did, I just didn't know it...
However, I think the instructions would benefit from a sentence like "if you have a basic understanding of web server administration, you'll find the installation easy and straightforward. If you have none, you may find yourself less frustrated with our hosting service."?
Jan 4, 2019 at 8:38amWeb
Show threadAaron OgleJan 6, 2019
@TQ no worries :). I personally ran into some issues as well setting up my instance. It’s still super young software definitely bugs to work out. Contributed one fix today hopefully reduces some pain for others. Just takes contributors to help make things better :)