Comment by kanyethegreat

I've definitely been feeling deflated. Every angle I've come up with... some project has narrowly shipped before me. And they gain so much popularity so quickly that mindshare per project becomes a power law overnight. It's like the first person to release is at the top of the App Store, and there's no unseating them; the feedback loop is already too powerful. It very much feels like first to release wins. And I swear, the quality of the code I've seen in some of these projects that are getting thousands of stars is abysmal. It's making me think releasing vaporware in order to capture mindshare, then actually building something valuable is the only way to compete.