The domain https://fediverse.observer/ redirects to sedo now.
On October 11th these two commits where made to the repo:
this will be my final release, glad to have contributed since 2011 to some fediverse stats, https://fedidb.com/ is a great resource with more interest
this software is no longer developed
Sad to have lost such a great resource.
With how important Fediverse Observer is, the developer should have made an effort to hand it and its data over to another member of the community before winding the project down.
yup, the volunteer shoulda volunteered more
While we should all be grateful for the work the developer put into the project, it’s also not uncommon for open source projects to use life cycle planning to determine potential redundancies if the original developer steps down. As things stand, their contributions are likely to go to waste, whereas ideally others could have picked up the torch from where they left off, preferably with historical data intact.
Yup, the unpaid volunteer shoulda did that. Oh well!
Yup it would have been a good idea
I understand that you think your response is reasonable, but it’s not; the noncorporate software landscape could never function in the way that your viewpoint would cause
Non corporate software doesn’t last when its just one person maintaining things. Cant expect one person to do everything unpaid. A shame that no one who depends on them can help out.
This is exactly why a succession plan is a good idea-- or people to collaborate with
Exactly, the unpaid volunteer should have done that, and if they did no one would be inconvenienced by the unpaid volunteers choice to stop volunteering. It’s the unpaid volunteers duty to think of others before themselves. They failed their duty. A completely unpredictable outcome.
Are you taking the piss or are you being for real right now lol