nimforum mirror - "This Month With Nim"- A Community Showcase

ElegantBeef (orginal) [2021-01-14T11:03:50+01:00] view original

I have mentioned this idea multiple times in the realtime chat, inspired by this post. I think to encourage publicating/showcasing projects Nimions are working it would be benefical to have a monthly(Could be a larger window) blog post that users can submit their projects to using a git repository which will then get showcased as a blog at the end of the allotted time. Ideally it'd be a small few sentence writeup with an optional link and image or video.

jasonfi (orginal) [2021-01-14T11:23:58+01:00] view original

I'm working on a todo manager: https://todo.network. What's online now is the MVP, but I plan to add many more features.

enthus1ast (orginal) [2021-01-14T13:03:10+01:00] view original

Good idea, but the thing is, someone has to do it.

halloleo (orginal) [2021-01-15T05:21:57+01:00] view original

I am working on a little CLI command which extracts given tags from an OPF file to a given eBook. - My first Nim project!

ElegantBeef (orginal) [2021-01-15T06:09:28+01:00] view original

Well I've decided to try to be the "some has to do it"

matthias (orginal) [2021-01-15T13:17:01+01:00] view original

Quick feedback:

"This Month With Nim" sounds like it's a news update on Nim, not a community showcase.

You probably want it linked from somewhere on the website :D

There probably need to be strong, well-explained posting criteria for it. You don't want everyone posting the 2 lines of Nim they wrote that month. Nor would it be good to have the same projects month after month unless there are substantial updates to them.

saem (orginal) [2021-01-15T16:11:31+01:00] view original

Thanks for doing this, Beef.

I would deprioritize or ignore "feedback" that's just more work rather than less and no real evidence that it's any better. Especially if it's not actionable. Like basically everything @matthias said, or what I'm writing.

The name is fine, I wouldn't stress about it, but if something better comes up go with it. Here are some alternatives in that vein that if you don't like feel free to ignore: "Nim Around the World", "Nim and Friends Monthly", or "Nim Roundup".

This reminds me of a weekly version called Haxe Roundup. Even with the content that repeats weekly it was still something to look forward to. A bunch of it can be farmed and automated and that stuff gets shown later. Yeah, it might seem like filler but you don't know first time readers from long time veteran. Besides repetition is the key to getting the message across. Hopefully your workload stays low, it's easy to show consistency which has its own value as people giving you content trust the cadence and readers new and old will look forward to it, "filler" works otherwise it wouldn't be used. Replicating larger scale efforts from bigger community management and outreach teams. Point is let people repeat things and adjust guidelines if you want a different outcome.

Cnerd (orginal) [2021-01-15T20:27:09+01:00] view original

Beef where can we submit the projects

ElegantBeef (orginal) [2021-01-15T22:59:48+01:00] view original

This is a non issue as adding your project would be based on PR and I suppose I'll be moderating it so it's my discretion on what gets merged into. I think "This Month With Nim" sounds just like a community showcase since it's using "with" indicating that it's using Nim instead of developing. "This Month in Nim" in my view atleast would be the core development blog.

ElegantBeef (orginal) [2021-01-15T23:01:19+01:00] view original

You can fork my version of the repo and follow my readme instructions then submit a PR.

Zoom (orginal) [2021-01-15T23:36:39+01:00] view original

Great initiative. Name is perfect, please, no more new "worlds" of stuff, it's beaten to death. If we aimed for generic tongue-in-cheek name, with some imagination it could be "In Nim's realm".

Some people will think their stuff is too small for a pr, or just won't bother, even though it could be great, so maybe we could also have a monthly thread here, you know, for the shy.

Also, we need "arewecpsyet.com".

ElegantBeef (orginal) [2021-01-15T23:46:28+01:00] view original

Yea every first of the month a bump of this thread should be fine.

miran (orginal) [2021-01-26T18:01:58+01:00] view original

@ElegantBeef has created an introductory post and: https://nim-lang.org/blog/2021/01/26/this-month-with-nim.html

Now it is up to you (plural, community) to submit your projects (or projects from others you find interesting and useful).

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