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OSS: Open Source Stress

One thing I wasn’t expecting to happen when I open sourced Thrudb is the stress I now feel.

It’s great to receive interest, requests and help. Only now I have people waiting and watching for the next fix or feature. This isn’t something I worried about when it was just me on my couch at night. Now I want folks that take the time to try my software to have what they expect… a great piece of software. I have big plans for Thrudb and even bigger plans for what I’m building with it.

Stress is one of those double edge swords where it’s motivating but also distracting.

Family, Health, Job, Startup and now Thrudb… Let the juggling continue.

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One Response to “OSS: Open Source Stress”

  1. Nima negahban Says:
    January 29th, 2008 at 4:58 pm

    this is the tell tale blog post of a productivity crossroads, you should either pull back with some clear and steadfast walls , or plunge in so deep in the search for eternal “flow” , that you may never come out.

    Good luck to you , either way don’t stress it’s just not worth it. There is always tomorrow and the 99.9% of the world is much lazier than you, so take solace in that, and remember perfect is the enemy of sanity.

    Thanks for your efforts!

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