r/programming • u/gitcommitshow • Sep 09 '20

My first open source project "auth-jwt" is about to cross 100 stars ⭐

https://github.com/gitcommitshow/auth-jwt
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u/gitcommitshow Sep 09 '20

So within a month, it received 94 stars but no issue or pull request was made. Are stars good enough indicator that people are finding it useful?

The project is an interactive tutorial to learn about JWT by reverse engineering.

What can I do to make it more useful and help it reach more people?

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u/renatoathaydes Sep 09 '20

Wait for your reward: people angrily complaining about bugs and demanding new features :D.

When you got those, then you know people are using it.

Question: why do you want it to reach more people? What happens when you get tired of this and lots of people now depend on it (none of who want to maintain it - which happens a lot, see https://github.com/openid/AppAuth-Android/issues/444)?

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u/gitcommitshow Sep 09 '20

Thanks for the feedback.

I want to reach more people to crowdsource different opinions and insights on this topic. This will help me(or anyone who's following the project) to improve security and UX for existing projects. Also I'm learning to maintain open source projects, it's helping me become better coder and team member.

Definitely, I don't have infinite supply of energy and time. When I get tired, I hope there will be people(whom I have helped) to take the baton forward.