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Ploum: How on earth can someone consider that it was easier to communicate at a time where there was no git, no wiki, no bug trackers, no chat, no video conferencing. A time where connecting a computer to the Internet was a total adventure in itself, let alone paying for the computer.
It was easier precisely because Internet was not an issue, and git did not exist.
Instead of trying to merge every 10 minutes, people actually took time to work on their code until they had a version, not a 'build'. It took effort, and it took weeks or months, not hours. You would check your work before mailing a floppy or getting on your modem to ftp something to the maintainer and paying for the $10.00 phone call.
The very fact that it is so deceivingly easy makes it impossible to work today. Every jackass is harrassing you with issues, real or imagined.
Everyone expects you to answer immediately, since you are always online, right?
You did not constantly check how many stars your project has, or if someone is crapping on it on reddit or hackernews.
It is ****ing impossible now, unless you either have a staff, and deal with git, wiki, bug trackers, chat and video conferencing with your staff too -- or just ignore the noise and deal with being labeled as an antisocial loser.
I choose the latter.