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Super interesting. Good marketing is often crucial for the success of OS projects. And it’s often overlooked by developers.

Fun that they named HN in it!




> the success of OS projects

How do you define success in this context?


The most important success metric for any software is number of users.


Why is that important? For me and my projects the important thing is that they solve my problems, and maybe help some other people. The number of other people they help is not something I care about, or can actually know.




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