[dlisboa]

> It's a weird trend that seems almost entirely motivated by people wanting open source projects in their resume

That’s really harsh and misguided. If people didn’t do “paper thin abstractions” projects on their own time for the simple pleasure of doing it we wouldn’t have 90% of the successful projects we have today.

Let people have fun and don’t judge their motives when they’re making something Open Source. I can guarantee the person just thought “this would be cool to have” and implemented it.

[6LLvveMx2koXfwn]

Unless you're the GP your guarantee about the persons motivation is as meaningless as the post you're replying to.

[neilotoole]

I'm not GP, but I am the sq developer.

> the person just thought “this would be cool to have” and implemented it.

Correct. This is true of much OSS, or at least I've always suspected so.

[ddispaltro]

I think his point is that we should treat something given freely, charitably

[EGreg]

Charitably?

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