First of all I'm thrilled there are people interested in contributing to this project. Having spent many, many hours working on it alone I sincerely appreciate that someone else would want to donate their precious time to my little side hobby.
For me, a large part of the appeal of personal projects is to have opportunities for complete control of my work. I build software as part of a team for a living, so working on projects without requirements or constraints from others is refreshing. I love being able to freely design and plan out software, building it exactly as I like, and deciding on my own when it's finished. Unfortunately, this can result in software which is poorly-documented and otherwise difficult to understand for others.
In addition to my desire for absolute creative control, this project is special to me in that it's used for presenting my own artistic works. While the app is intended to be a platform for artistic work rather than an artistic work in and of itself, there are decisions made for reasons which are more artistic than practical. One example would be the use of a stop button rather than a pause button; there is no technical reason for this, and in fact a pause button would probably be a better choice for a site presenting itself as a music player. However, I've deliberately omitted pause functionality because I feel it's disruptive to the experience I want people to have with the music.
For these reasons, while I'm grateful for the generosity of those willing to spend their time writing code for the site, for the time being it's unlikely I will be accepting any outside pull requests. See below for better ways you can contribute.
This project is a learning experience for me, and one thing I'd love to learn is how to manage an open source project. Eventually I will be more open to outside contributions, but not at the moment. If you like, keep an eye out for issues labeled "help wanted," but no promises.
Thanks for understanding.
-- Alex Bainter (@metalex9)
I feel there's plenty of value in having the code freely available to anyone who wants to look at it, learn from it, play with it, or integrate it into their own project.
We can talk about it. The site is designed to accomodate other artists, but integrating your code is a security risk for me and I'm not sure I'm up for it right now. If you have a better idea for a generative music platform, I'm all ears.
Let's talk about it.
You can help support the site both financially and by providing direction if you become a Patron.
Engage with the repository's issues. For anyone not familiar, "issues" sounds like it's just for bugs, but it's actually a system Github projects use to track all sorts of work, including new features and even requests for help. Anyone with a Github account can do the following:
- Report bugs
- Request features
- Vote (:thumbsup: / :thumbsdown:) on bugs you want fixed and features you want added
- Have discussions in the comments
You can also send an email to [email protected] with questions or feedback.
Share the site with anyone you think would like it. You can also follow me on Twitter which I use to keep in touch with people who are interested in the site.