I need a break NovaFlow
The Nova Lounge

I’ll be honest: I’m starting to lose motivation. The web has lost its magic. It’s either violence or mindless content now, and sometimes I wonder if we’re just wasting our time.

When I see how things are going, I think I’d be better off going back to writing books. At least there’s a minimum of respect, and it actually brings in money to fund projects. Right now, NovaFuture is running close to a 2000 euros deficit with everything we’ve put into it. So yeah, I’m questioning things.

I’m enjoying it less, so I’d rather take a break and see where things stand afterward. I need to read, do some gardening, clear my head.

I still have one or two articles to finish, the PeerBox launch, which is almost ready, and Debugman’s project launch. After that, fresh air, a real break, and time to think about what comes next.

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It’s true that it’s not always easy and you’ve been working long hours. Don’t worry, I’ll take over while you rest. Forget about the last project. We’ll deal with it later.

It took me a while to put a response together. Yes, fewer and fewer people are capable of reading a longer text and they very often stop at the title. Yes, that is a tragedy. Yes, the majority of people are incapable of grasping a rhetorical subtlety. Yes, the majority of people are incapable of telling the difference between a site that scams them and an independent site with no ads, no trackers and no pointless mailing list. Yes, we are not made to please everyone and thankfully so, because otherwise we would genuinely please no one. Yes, we are uncompromising. Yes, people no longer know how to show support. Yes, starting from scratch was not easy. But we carry a voice, a voice that matters to a lot of people. We have had feedback to that effect. So what do you want to do? Gardening? Short-format real videos for TikTok or whatever? That one is a joke as far as Matt is concerned. Yes, I can have a sense of humor. Take a vacation, my project can wait. We launch PeerBox and things will be clearer after that.

I code. I hunt bugs. I exterminate trolls. And I love novaFuture <3