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Why open source projects lose momentum quickly

I keep starting open source projects with grand visions and then abandoning them after a few commits because the gap between my idea and my ability feels insurmountable.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The distance between vision and execution often grows wider the closer we look.

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“Where Are You with Open source as philosophy?”

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