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by huddo121 3425 days ago
Release it straight away.

Don't worry about the code looking dirty, embryonic code always does. If it's a big enough tool it may warrant setting up a GitHub Pages site for it, just to make it a bit easier to find when somebody is suffering from the same problems you were.

In terms of new features, once you've put the repo on GitHub (or wherever) other people will likely suggest features as issues or modify the program themselves (and hopefully open a PR).
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flaque 3425 days ago
Okay, I made a github pages site for it: https://flaque.github.io/thaum/

Is using `wget` or `curl` the correct way to distribute the binary?

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caleblloyd 3425 days ago
curl should be fine, might I suggest changing your instructions from:

curl "https://github.com/Flaque/thaum/releases/download/v0.2.0-bet... -o "/usr/local/bin/thaum"

to use sudo and chmod because root owns `/usr/local/bin` by default:

sudo curl "https://github.com/Flaque/thaum/releases/download/v0.2.0-bet... -o "/usr/local/bin/thaum" && sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/thaum

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flaque 3425 days ago
I was worried about asking people to use sudo, but I think you're right. I'll do that. Thanks!
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