Everyone is building the same tools and inventing the same processes over and over and over.

Open source, open protocols, open processes can save us from so many headaches.

unfortunately not even open source can make people check to see if someone's already solved their problem, because then they can't be a hero anymore

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@PavelASamsonov @ben I think there's also a kind of 'curse' to being a developer. We tend to be quite opinionated so even if we find something that mostly does what we want, unless you know the language/framework involved (and they're open to contributions) the only way to get 100% of what you want is to rewrite it in your chosen language/framework 馃槄馃檭

(I think discovery has also felt like it has gotten worse though something like selfh.st helps as a directory at times)

August 22, 2025 at 1:57:25 AM

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