Dealing with requests on your open-source projects

Amruth Pillai - Apr 16 '20 - - Dev Community

Hey everyone!

So, I launched a new project about 2-3 weeks ago, and I'm glad to report that it's still catching a lot of stars on GitHub... on one hand, it makes me highly motivated and happy to continue working on the project.

But then, now and again, I receive emails like this:
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I am at fault here cause I released a product out in the wild with, albeit, big problems but that's cause I assumed I would learn in the process. It's difficult to keep up the motivation when you hear that you've wasted someone's time or if someone calls your work useless.

I know I might not be alone here, others might have received emails like this too or gotten requests with no acknowledgment on their GitHub Issues. How do you keep going? How do you stay strong to keep supporting the app?

I know an obvious answer would be just to focus on those who give constructive criticism, as opposed to those who just give feedback like this, but it's not that easy for me to let go.

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