Why Phobos is cool

[Petar]

On Thursday, 25 June 2020 at 16:42:36 UTC, aberba wrote:
>
> Almost the exact reason why i use JavaScript (nodejs) for work 
> and not D. It takes more than a nice language. When some here 
> say they don't use Dub or they don't care about dub packages, 
> I'm wondering what kind of software they are writing.
>
> In my line if work, it's highly dependant of availability of 
> packages to get the job done. Encryption, networking, data 
> manipulation, database connectors, socket, rest, cloud 
> services, etc. Its more like glueing services and APIs together.
>
> Unless you're building compilers and softwares that don't 
> connect to internet, then it makes sense to not be bothered by 
> the lack of certain packages on dub.
>
> This will only happen when the community collaborates, which 
> will only happen when there's a visible leadership 
> push/backing. I meant D conf online has taken forever to happen 
> and I'm not sure if community building is a thing prioritized 
> at all.
>
>
> I've been policing and trying several packages on dub...some, 
> talking to their maintainers. I want to make this happen. Its 
> the only way.
>
> I rarely use core nodejs packages. Its like npm has got 
> everything. Its what dub needs. Already I'm happy with quite a 
> few dub packages. And there's huge!! room for improvement if 
> only there's a visible official push. Its not always about 
> money.
>
> I'm not sure why we don't even have regular online community 
> meetups. Yeah, there's people who would rather code and feel 
> more productive that way. That's also fine.
>
> Except there's another side about community building. DConf is 
> a Joy to watch. Just the community interaction alone and how 
> ideas are shared. It could happen more often. More often online.

I agree with everything you said.

Currently, *each* member of my dev team lives in a different 
country and in a different time zone, so all my day is spent in 
online collaboration (chat, audio and video calls) so I also 
can't understand why there hasn't been a stronger push for this 
kind of communication in D. https://dlang.slack.com/ has been a 
great improvement in this regard from the past couple of years, 
but it is insufficient.