I'd be interested in people's thoughts. I've been working on a project (kindle/linux) and it's a bit niche. Its lonely, ...

I'd be interested in people's thoughts. I've been working on a project (kindle/linux) and it's a bit niche. Its lonely, people on #mastodon have been super helpful but its my project and until there are some results its hard to find enthusiasm from others. I suspect that this is something lots of people experience.As I've said before, I suspect people often turn to #LLM to help, both with the technical side (but actually that can be a bit unstable) but I suspect more for something to give encouraging feedback (they are always super optimistic - 'thats a great idea', 'good catch').I also see lots of amazing developers on mastodon; some purely in the FOSS world, others looking for new jobs particularly in this tricky time. There is clearly a deep resource of knowledge from the collective.In my head I'm building an idea of a community of people who develop with a focus on support and encouragement, a bit like a slack for people who don't have a work slack. It would be moderated and mentor...