My ingenious library failed but my simple one reached 2m downloads

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    React hook that persists data in localStorage

    • TL;DR; Today I saw my simple library use-local-storage-state has reached 2 million total downloads while my other ingenious* library main-thread-scheduling has only 8k. I explore why because: 1) it's curious, 2) I want to maximize my value in the open-source community by not making the same mistake twice.

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    Issues and discussions for the notes app, Nota. (by notaapp)

    • main-thread-scheduling is a 3kb library that can make your app responsive and fast in just a single line of code. Nota uses it for its super fast search and Flux.ai uses it for their advanced 3D circuits editor. Also, it doesn't have any competition. Usage:

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