People criticized my decision to delay releasing Loops source. I made the right call.
With everything now public, admins + devs running the beta are loving it.
"Loops federation is working very good btw!" - @trankten
"(the app) looks very nice and smooth rn" - @Skivling
Took 3 app iterations + 2 backend rewrites 😅
Proud of what we've built together.
The best is yet to come, and it's going to be insane ❤️
#loops #openSource #tikTok #activityPub
@dansup After all, we're in the Fediverse: it's true that it's an environment that recognizes the values of open source, but it also needs to be an environment where everyone respects each other's time.
You did well not to give in to "social pressure" and to take all the time you needed: after all, you've saved precious time for anyone who wants to contribute to code improvements in the future.
@dansup @trankten @Skivling You kept your word even though some may have doubted it despite the prior evidence of you being a good actor.
Unfortunately I believe it has happened that less ethical devs have misled people that way so the idea in the screenshot isn't entirely wrong. Just missing the part that some people can in fact be trusted more than others.
I imagine you've earned more trust in the eyes of some that used to doubt you now too.
@dansup @trankten @Skivling Anyone who spends any time contributing code online will eventually receive entitled, selfish and lazy users with snarky and unproductive comments trying to diminish their work. Open source (or don't) your code whenever you feel like it, choose whatever license you feel fits your project, push commits/tag releases whenever you feel like it, enable/disable the issue tracker as you see fit, you don't owe anyone your time and skills.
Congrats on the release! 🥳