Noselead

I'm probably the easiest person to be persuaded, given a good set of credible arguments. I think the culprit might be in that I try to be open minded by everything, and think about stuff from as many aspects as possible, and not taking a ridiculously hard stance about a thing, just because "it's my opinion".

I just read the blog post How To Launch Software. Unsurprisingly, it got me to Think about LightFrame's launch. I realize that I've thought of doing both – first showing (read: force) it to some people I know to get the initial wrinkles ironed out, and once this 'beta period' is complete, I'd go all out and try to get as much visibility as possible.

But, as I've also realized for myself, this is extremely stupid to do, since I'm doing this by myself right now, and can't assume that I'd get anyone else doing this with me without paying even a nominal amount of compensation. Assuming that LightFrame has a serious bug (wild imagination not required) and people start hitting on it. I'd need to fix it ASAP. But since my LightFrame-time is very limited, my response time is insufficient, so before I get it fixed, the eyeballs are gone, and LightFrame's back to obscurity, with added buggy reputation.

"Yeah, I tried LightFrame, but it was buggy, so I didn't bother. CakePHP works better for me" is a quote I don't want to see. I'm aiming more towards "Yeah, I tried LightFrame, but it was a bit immature. I like the ideas behind the O/R mapper, but I'll stick to CodeIgniter for now."

Resources (time and money mostly) taken into account, the natural growth path would serve me and my mental sanity better.