End of WiringPi, and frustration of a developer

[jmon]

Interesting read, it shows the frustration of a passionated developer. From a hobby to a job, and apparently, ending up in mental health issues:

http://wiringpi.com/wiringpi-deprecated/

It makes me want to apologise and congratulate @Erel. I hope the B4x community is not too hard on you!

Thank you for your support, so many years passed and I still get answers to my questions within 24 hours. This is simply incredible! I hope you still enjoy doing this after so many years.

Good luck to all developers, and keep the flame burning!

 

[tufanv]

Yeah, Thanks Erel. It must be a PIA sometimes to answer similar questions every day.

 

[EnriqueGonzalez]

I have customers that get mad when I do not answer them in weekends yet the contract they were willing to pay was for tech support from Monday to Friday... I think people believe a tech support contract is to own you.

For me is hard to understand those people that dedicates their self to OSS. I am Very grateful to them.

 

[f0raster0]

"customer support 24/7 until make your system smart or make enough dollars to have people helping you."

 

[LucaMs]

ending up in mental health issues

What?

 

[Erel]

The B4X community is amazing. It is mostly very friendly and helpful.
Naturally there is some friction from time to time but it is a mistake to focus on the <1% annoying parts and forget the 99% good parts.

 

[Cableguy]

The B4X community is amazing. It is mostly very friendly and helpful.

This is why I've stuck around for about 13 years now!