#OpenDevShop failed because it tried to solve too many problems at the same time.
This directed the energy away from designing for the future. When the future arrived, it was wholly unprepared.
I saw the potential to make #Aegir an all-in-one management console for all your web tech, so I created server management things, and local CLI things, and other silly, not so useful things.
DevShop became a huge burden. Unmaintainable. Un-upgradable. Working untold unpaid hours, self-funded travel and speaking took a major toll on my life, financially and personally.
I took it all on by myself, hoping others would join a new open source community. This never materialized.
I abandoned DevShop. The time I had invested in it no longer had returns. I was so bitter and hurt by the situation I didn't even announce that I was no longer supporting it.
As I start a new chapter as a full time employee at a large tech company, it's time to reflect on what to do with the project. I might be able to use it, and maybe even build it, at the new gig.
Over the last few weeks I have been tinkering with what could be OpenDevShop 2. For the first time in a while, I was coding for fun instead of for my survival.
This time, I am going to build something FOR myself, not by myself.
If people discover my work and use it, that's great. But I am only committing to support it for myself, not for anyone else.
Until someone else joins the effort, it's a side project.
This time, it's my side project.