Re: [tlug] Not always about scratching an itch

[Darren Cook <darren@example.com>]

>  >  2. The examples on the project website cover just about every possible
>  > use case, allowing you to quickly confirm it will work in each device
>  > you have to support. Contrast this to more complex open source libraries
>  > where evaluating if something does what you need can take longer than
>  > the rest of the coding on the project.
> 
> I don't understand why this comparison is interesting.

Interesting for the observation you gave: open source projects that
focus on one thing, the narrower the better, have a higher chance of
being successful. Those that try to implement more general solutions
tend to fail, and because success becomes more tied to the management of
the development process than the skills of the lead developer.

Unfortunately the world needs those bigger open source projects too.
(GUIs are the example that come to mind first.)

Darren