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I think the conversation is valuable to have, so I'm reposting with additional context and explanation. I also want to preface this that I'm not making absolute statements nor making any value judgements or criticising anyone.
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The beginning original tweet: I want to release Rome with no prior announcement or early access
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Sebastian Retweeted Sebastian
(What is Rome? A project I'm working on. See https://twitter.com/sebmck/status/1108407803545214977 … for context)
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SebastianVerified account @sebmckThis is a collection of my tweets over the past ~2 years about a project I've been working on. Time and work fluctuated over that period. It was called Sonic, then Hydra. Now it's called Rome. It's a JavaScript toolchain. It has zero dependencies, every thing is custom.Show this thread1 reply 0 retweets 1 likeShow this thread -
Why? There's a few reasons. The most important to me mentally, is controlling the hype. I enjoy publicly tweeting about what I'm working on but I'm implicitly setting expectations very high.
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Release dates are stressful. They can sometimes result in projects being released when they aren't ready. Babel 6 was a good example. I released it at a conference. It wasn't bad, but I wish I had more time for polish.
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With something like Rome, that wants to do so much, deliberately manufacturing hype feels disingenuous to the existing projects that it's meant to be "competing" with.
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It takes a lot of hubris to say "I want to build a monotool that replaces the functionality of several projects that others have worked extremely hard on. Not only that, I want a big splashy release with lots of hype so I gain a lot of interest and adoption".
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Replying to @sebmck
Which tools are you seeking to match? So far I think the screenshots cover Babel and ESLint.
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Replying to @robpalmer2
The thread I linked at the beginning gives a good overview
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