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One year ago I open-sourced my very first 'real' project and shared it here. I was a college student in my senior year and desperately looking for a job. At the time of sharing it i couldn't even afford a domain and naively let someone buy the one i had my eyes on lol. It's been a hell of a year with this blowing up, me moving to another country, and switching 2 jobs.

In a year we somehow managed to hit 26k stars, grow a 1000+ person discord community, and support 37 languages. I couldn't be more grateful for the community that helped this grow, but now i don't know what direction to take this project in.

All of this was an accident. But now I feel like I'm missing out on not using this success. I have been thinking of monetization options, but not sure if I wanna go down that route. I like the idea of it being free and available for everyone but also can't help but think of everything that could be done if committed full-time or even had a small team. I keep telling myself(and others) i'll do something if i meet a co-founder, but doubt and fear of blowing this up keeps back.

How would you proceed?

1. djfobbz ◴[] No.43632416[source]
This is very cool! I have some feedback:

1. Allow for adjusting grid spacing and grid point size.

2. I can't seem to find a snap-to-grid option (e.g., a magnet icon).

3. Allow docking of the sidebar to the left or right of the screen.

4. When the sidebar is hidden, the popover does not include tabs for Relationships, Subject Areas, and Notes. It would be nice to have those available.

5. Allow sidebar width customization in pixel size or percentage