Let me show other similar pages. I'm afraid that you'll think my point is just about advertising, but it's not. Bear with me.pic.twitter.com/wbXNMP5mta
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@gb_r @hdgarrood @KirinDave As I was riding my bike, I realized a big question I have is "What is PureScript *about*? What is its goal?" So I looked at the web page.pic.twitter.com/1nBQJkWDyB
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Many of these *are* good advertising because they're focused on the buyer, not the product. "Does this matter to you? It matters to us!" But that's not all.
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I was involved in Ruby starting in 2001, with Clojure since I think 2011, well before they had catchy webpages. But even there, it was clear that the projects were *about* those things. That helps for at least two reasons.
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1. First, it provides focus (if focus is needed, as it wasn't in either the Ruby or Clojure cases). 2. The goal/purpose is something people -- contributors -- can rally around, can have a sense of mission. It attracts and builds community.
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I saw that really clearly in the Agile Manifesto case. After we wrote it, Ward Cunningham put it up on the web, but also had the clever idea of letting people sign it. It went viral.
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Not only did we then know we were onto something, all the signatories felt they were in on something together.
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So, if what's PureScript is about is clear to the core team, I suggest it be publicized (or, perhaps, modified). If not, the exercise of coming up with one might be useful. (Remembering Eisenhower's "The plan is nothing; the planning is everything.")
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Perhaps another way of putting it: when people start putting PureScript stickers on their laptops, what are they advertising they're a part of?
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See also https://www.deconstructconf.com/2017/evan-czaplicki-on-storytelling …,
@czaplic's talk about designing the "what is this *about*?" for Elm. (Not for the result, but for the process.)Show this thread
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Look directly below to find the benefits. The fact that’s it’s JUST those things and nothing more opinionated is precisely what it’s about.
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I suggest you add that second sentence. If I'd understood that at the start, it would have saved you the considerable annoyance I've caused.
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I'm afraid you did. My whole thread (not just the first) was my attempt to explain it. I failed. Incommensurability? Bad writing? Bad person? Dunno. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commensurability_(philosophy_of_science) …pic.twitter.com/0NYL6shxaN
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I read your thread. Just found it strange that you cropped out something quite comparable to the examples from other languages you listed... considering it's right there, immediately below the purposefully concise headline you took the screenshot of...
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I snapshotted would would be a reader's first impressions. As I struggled to explain in a disastrous slack discussion, the others are not mainly bullet lists of features. They are statements of values, ones that have a material effect.
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