[zython]

I'd have just one final remark, that it really is not a engineering problem but rather a business decision.

After all; having paid gazillions to engineers and project managers to build the sludgefest, all that cash needs to be harvested back into the pockets.

[sim7c00]

not untrue. though many good projects existed because of passion for good engineering. there is much less good open source now. people want money for their time...

[h2zizzle]

People need to realize that leisure time - time off work, commute, chores - is paid for by their employer (as far as they're concerned). Which is to say that those of us with only a couple of hours to ourselves a day are being stiffed, no matter how much money we make. Stop letting the workaholics dictate how the rest of us live.

[zython]

Tragically my landlord refused my proposal to pay him in github stars :(

[sim7c00]

he's the lord of your time.

(do relate. progress on personal projects can be slow due to this kind of stuff sadly!)

[immibis]

Landlords are literally just lords. I don't know at what point they were rebranded.

[didgetmaster]

People tell me all the time that I should just open source my project that I have spent thousands of hours developing. As if doing so would make money magically appear in my bank account.