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by bigdubs 3475 days ago
An ecosystem is proven if there is good library support for common items, the libraries themselves are well thought out and battle tested, and if there is a good distributed knowledge base for common gotchas and issues.

These things take time and lots of people using a platform, and obviously that usage has to start somewhere, but part of being an engineer is balancing novelty with genuine improvement.