[toofy]

If the open source ecosystem as a whole has taught us anything, we can take things much further than simply proof of concept and still remain open.

I think your point on UX/UI is an important point though. Open source has a turbulent history with functional UX. We’ve done an incredible job helping the technical communities understand why open source is important but because so many of us are technically focused, we’ve fallen somewhat short on helping UX and design focused communities understand why open projects are important, on a deep level, in much the same way technically focused understand.

If we’re aiming for mass adoptions across the spectrum, onboarding the UX/UI communities is as important as it was for the technically focused to understand.

Also, there is another point worth considering, someone recently made a convincing argument to me that sometimes mass adoption may not be a good thing. Mass adoption leads to eternal September and depending on what the project is, eternal September may destroy a community. A project with a solid technical foundation but difficult UX/UI experience can be a good barrier to prevent eternal September.