Ask HN: Open-source software authors – why do you do it?

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  • languages

    Discontinued Powers multi-language support for CodeCrafters challenges

    Love your spirit.

    Most key pieces of https://codecrafters.io are OSS.

    We've found that users who want to learn a new programming language, and don't see it listed contribute language support before they attempt the course.

    That was pretty mind blowing to me.

    e.g Our Build your own Docker course got Rust support from a community contribution, https://github.com/codecrafters-io/languages/pull/93 — and it's among our most popular combination till-date!

  • Hacki

    A feature-rich Hacker News client.

    I open source my personal projects for helping my job hunting, since I didn’t graduate from a top college…

    here is a hacker news reader I been working on (currrent version is kinda janky in comments screen but a fix is on the way): https://github.com/Livinglist/Hacki

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  • Kavita

    Kavita is a fast, feature rich, cross platform reading server. Built with the goal of being a full solution for all your reading needs. Setup your own server and share your reading collection with your friends and family.

    I build and maintain one larger open source application currently, although am pretty adamant on releasing my side projects under an open source license.

    For me, I spend copious time working on it or engaging with my users purely to improve the app, which adds value in my life. (It's a self hosted reading server like Plex).

    Even though I develop at work as well, coding on something for myself and something that I have complete control over, is extremely fun and I end up with tough problems that I would have never faced in my current job function (like optimizing for memory and learning how that works in a CRUD-like application).

    My project is: https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita

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