I’ve been using the Go version of Encore for the past year. Overall it’s been really pleasant, a few rough edges that their team helped resolve, but it saved so much time on Ops that it was well worth it.
It tells me that the team behind this project have merits, they are experienced. It’s not some random people who had an idea. They probably saw a market for something.
Absolutely, and that’s a valid point. But to me, seeing who’s behind a product or project is interesting and sometimes helpful.
For example (might be a bad one), the Astro.build project was a random project to me at first sight, but after digging into it I learned that it’s the same people (Fred Schott) behind Snowpack!
So then this turned into something very interesting. Why? Because now I know that Astro is backed by people who have a good knowledge of running a project, and years later my gut feeling was right.
and that's confirmation bias. what you haven't seen are the myriad of projects backed by reputable people that failed. So next time, your gut feeling is going to give you a misinformed truth.
It's why i always point out each time someone appeals to authority. It's annoying i know, but i think a lot of people just don't think about their own biases.