D mentionned in the ARTIBA webzine for an article on Silq

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Wed Sep 2 18:42:25 UTC 2020


On Wednesday, 2 September 2020 at 07:38:01 UTC, JN wrote:
> One thing I always feel this forum is missing is a section for 
> work in progress projects, even if they never end up anywhere. 
> Right now people are shy about their projects, so the only way 
> you learn about them is by finding mentions of them such as 
> these, when they're released on DUB repository or when someone 
> makes an announcement post on Announce. The problem with 
> Announce is that people only use it for official releases - and 
> that's good - but we're missing out on all the work in progress 
> buzz.
> [...]
> I'd really love a "Projects" section here on these forums, with 
> perhaps sections for "WIP" and "Releases", so that people can 
> post all the cool stuff they are working on for others to see.

I'd also really like this to be a thing.

On Wednesday, 2 September 2020 at 13:31:25 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
wrote:
> But what I think would be really cool though is like an 
> internal twitter... no size limit but also a culture that 
> there's no expectation for length and quality. Just casual 
> "think out loud" or in-progress project updates that can split 
> into chat.
>
>I could write that in a few hours. then blog about it omg. but 
>the hard part
>isn't technical, it is just getting people to actually use it.

Mastodon instance? But if you do create an ad-hoc service, I'd 
very much use it if you didn't necessitate registration with an 
email.


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