05-13-2023, 01:44 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-13-2023, 05:31 PM by Roland_Beat_Boxer.)
(05-12-2023, 10:39 PM)mnrvovrfc Wrote: VARIOUS THOUGHTS
You raise a few interesting points.
My feeling is this. If a low key developer sets limits on the scope of what they do, and doesn't bite off more than they can chew, and makes something that nobody else makes that is useful to a niche userbase that I happen to fall into, it's perfectly cool for them to get paid something for their work, and if they are keeping it simple to some extent, maintenance is not such a big deal. Time coding is time not working for money and surviving in real life, and while nobody gets rich off of such apps, a little something helps justify the work/makes it feasible. I'm not independently wealthy by any means, but there are a few specialized programs that I use that I have registered, and it was money well spent.
But the bottom line is that it has to be good. Time and again you see projects epic in scope by a solo dev, and there are often some good ideas in them, but they just can't keep up with it and fix the bugs and so on. I have some sympathy and admire the passion that made them get as far as they did, but the bottom line is that *it has to function* regardless of the market penetration of the application.
RE: the daw you alluded to: I have some guesses as to what program you're talking about specifically lol.