[HN Gopher] Mt32-pi Developer calls it a day
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       Mt32-pi Developer calls it a day
        
       Author : nickt
       Score  : 57 points
       Date   : 2025-02-05 21:42 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | nemomarx wrote:
       | That sounds pretty dark. What's this vogon forum? ironic name
        
         | aidenn0 wrote:
         | I think it stands for "Very Old Games On New Systems"
        
           | maximilianburke wrote:
           | The sad irony of members of a forum named as such harassing
           | someone who is indeed building a very old MIDI synthesizer
           | for new hardware.
        
         | smitelli wrote:
         | It's vogons dot org; it's a pretty wide range of folks with
         | varied interest in obsolete hardware. Some of the louder voices
         | there are absolutely insufferable.
         | 
         | There is genuine knowledge in the forum pages though, and if
         | you're doing stuff for DOS/real-mode x86 there's a good chance
         | you'll find yourself there.
        
       | brianbest101 wrote:
       | Completely understandable. Sucks to see this keep happening to OS
       | devs
        
       | gunalx wrote:
       | So sad when people feel pressured and harrased out of the fun in
       | doing open designs. Looked like a really cool project .
        
       | amstan wrote:
       | I did find the community around those projects (MisterFPGA) to be
       | rather weird, so I understand a little where he's coming from.
        
       | bhouston wrote:
       | One thing to watch out for is generalized depression. It can make
       | it seem that all projects are not worth investing in. It may seem
       | to be related to this project but it may be a wider issue for the
       | individual.
        
         | azinman2 wrote:
         | " I have endured a sustained campaign of abuse from members of
         | the VOGONS forum, been labelled a "clout-chaser", had threats
         | sent to my personal email address, code been used in other
         | projects without proper accreditation, my 3D print designs
         | stolen and sold by faceless eBay/Etsy sellers, personal attacks
         | made towards me when people don't get their feature request...
         | the list goes on and on."
         | 
         | I mean, perhaps they have depression, but this is pretty awful.
         | It'd make me want to quit.
        
       | xbar wrote:
       | Thanks for your effort.
        
       | philomath_mn wrote:
       | I really don't understand how someone could hate on another
       | person volunteering their time.
       | 
       | Aside 0: OP no longer stands with Ukraine [0]
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       | Aside 1: I have my resume up on GitHub and I always feel odd
       | making revisions when people can see the diffs (could honing the
       | wording look like self-aggrandizement?). So I just amend and
       | force push each time -\\_(tsu)_/-
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       | https://github.com/dwhinham/mt32-pi/commit/075b52809e77420c6...
        
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