Linux was a repo of a UNIX, in a sense to do stuff exactly to do same stuff but in Linux way. It was an one-man project but it got popularity when it became a multiple-men project. You can give some credit to one-man but giving all the credit to one-man is not really fair. Linux where its today is not a one-man effort, Its number or uncountable-men efforts.
The fact author mentioned is based on experience rather than having high motivation level one get watching a from a fancy YouTube developer tutorial. IRL software does require different ideas and approach. Different ways to handle one problem. Different ideologies and so on.
What you achieve as a single developer is far less what you achieve by involving group of developers, although its really hard to to achieve something with a group of developers 😆 but it's worth trying.
What you achieve as a single developer is far less what you achieve by involving group of developers
What you achieve as a single developer are things like git, minecraft, etc.
Just because these projects inevitably end up needing and attracting more developers as they become as big and well-known as they are, doesn't mean they weren't started by single people who carried them far enough to get them that famous in the first place, or that many projects that are less well-known are still developed and maintained primarily by one single developer.
The fact author mentioned is based on experience rather than having high motivation level one get watching a from a fancy YouTube developer tutorial
Not sure what you're trying to imply here, but I think pointing to real projects that are well-known has a more empirical character than the personal experience of any of us random internet people. Even so, my personal experience underlines the fact that a single person can be plenty depending on the scope of the project. Where you get the "YouTube tutorial" thing from, I have no clue.
In the end, nobody is trying to take away credit from the community of Linux kernel contributors; I am merely pushing back on taking all the credit away from the individuals that started a project and made it big, because they often are not just another maintainer, and their projects didn't only succeed because of other people.
Linux was a repo of a UNIX, in a sense to do stuff exactly to do same stuff but in Linux way. It was an one-man project but it got popularity when it became a multiple-men project. You can give some credit to one-man but giving all the credit to one-man is not really fair. Linux where its today is not a one-man effort, Its number or uncountable-men efforts.
The fact author mentioned is based on experience rather than having high motivation level one get watching a from a fancy YouTube developer tutorial. IRL software does require different ideas and approach. Different ways to handle one problem. Different ideologies and so on.
What you achieve as a single developer is far less what you achieve by involving group of developers, although its really hard to to achieve something with a group of developers 😆 but it's worth trying.
What you achieve as a single developer are things like git, minecraft, etc.
Just because these projects inevitably end up needing and attracting more developers as they become as big and well-known as they are, doesn't mean they weren't started by single people who carried them far enough to get them that famous in the first place, or that many projects that are less well-known are still developed and maintained primarily by one single developer.
Not sure what you're trying to imply here, but I think pointing to real projects that are well-known has a more empirical character than the personal experience of any of us random internet people. Even so, my personal experience underlines the fact that a single person can be plenty depending on the scope of the project. Where you get the "YouTube tutorial" thing from, I have no clue.
In the end, nobody is trying to take away credit from the community of Linux kernel contributors; I am merely pushing back on taking all the credit away from the individuals that started a project and made it big, because they often are not just another maintainer, and their projects didn't only succeed because of other people.
I admit and agreed what you said. Thanks