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16 points RaiyanYahya | 2 comments | 29 Jun 25 09:30 UTC | HN request time: 0.419s | source
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ctur ◴[02 Jul 25 03:54 UTC] No.44440119[source]▶
It’s fun to build things like this but if you want to nourish a user base you need to fully understand the landscape of similar tools and then explain your differentiating value. This is /particularly/ important for security related tools.

Specifically you should compare and contrast to tools like SOPS, Ansible Vault, pass, etc.

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1. ecb_penguin ◴[02 Jul 25 04:16 UTC] No.44440205[source]▶
Or you could just build things for fun. Why do we have to care about "nourishing a user base"? Two decades ago we would build software and release it for fun and utility.

> Specifically you should compare and contrast to tools like SOPS, Ansible Vault, pass, etc.

What a boring proposition for hobby projects.

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2. janfoeh ◴[02 Jul 25 06:57 UTC] No.44440889[source]▶
You are taking the words right out of my mouth.

This Github star hunting—, CV padding—, make-it-big-and-BDFL-yourself—approach to open source that has crept in over the last decade is bewildering and rather unpleasant.