moon

I hate to admit this, but there is such a deep rooted desire to make "The Thing" that I don't want to contribute. But I'm learning that. I actually want to contribute. I want to contribute more than make "The Thing." Though it would be fun to co-create the thing non-hierarchically.

I think that the desire is rooted in coming up in silicon valley and capitalism. This is obvious.

More interestingly is the desire to be a solo-dev on something gives me the space and freedom to experience power by intentionally stepping out of hierarchy. It also allows me to focus more on learning all the pieces and thinking through it. Which is often the primary motivator for me.

But I'm just noticing now the desire to step out of hierarchical systems. That's always been there. And I think that's brought me a meaningful feeling of agency.

Apr 2 at 1:44pmWeb
Show threadmoon5d ago

Sometimes younger contributors will come to me and tell me that how much they want to work on greenfield projects. But true experience comes from collaboration and working on something that's been around for a long period of time.

I think I will probably just motivate those folks to go make their own tool. Make your own greenfield project. But eventually bring what you learn to the collective endeavor(s).

Show threadRamsey Nasser5d ago
@catilac I definitely feel a strong desire to make The Thing as you say or generally to just write things from scratch. I think for me I mostly animated by seeing really specific things in my head and wanting to get them out. but I very much want to get back into collaborating more. I think the death of GitHub and GitHub issues has been a major hindrance for me.
Show threadmoon5d ago

@nasser I've been thinking a lot about the tool you were telling me about that brings some of the github functionality we need but cross-forge where we are increasingly headed.

I think it's so good.

I don't think making The Thing is bad by the way, but I do think it can bring a potential imbalance that doesn't really serve any person.