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Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:55:49 +0000

citc wrote the following post Sat, 30 Jul 2022 12:55:46 +0000

Improve collaboration within fediverse

Why do free(dom) software programmers often choose to ignore other projects and try and replicate extant functionality?

Is it because of their poor inter-personal skills?

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Haakon Meland Eriksen (Parlementum)

Sat, 30 Jul 2022 17:14:09 +0000

Why do people write love songs when there already are so many great ones? Is it because of songwriters poor inter-personal skills? Why do people play another soccer match when there have been so many great ones already? Is it because of soccer players poor inter-personal skills?

Maybe the level of inter-personal skills are not a huge factor in why programmers repeat or extend or rewrite what other programmers have already done?

Maybe the programming language it was originally written in has become unpopular, so in an effort to ensure a future for it, it is rewritten in the new language or a new version of the old one.

Maybe the original version was programmed in a monolithic way, so a rewrite needs to be done before a new programmer can extend it with new modules.

Maybe the original version lacked built-in privacy features or poor protocols so all posts have to be public or are accessible to anyone with the link without authentication and authorization.

Maybe the original version did not lack anything, and other programmers just want to try their hand at creating something like it or better simply because they can, not unlike songwriters and soccer players creating new love songs and playing new soccer games.