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[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 129 points 4 months ago

Ha! I wrote it! Well the original anyway. It's been forked a few times since I stepped away.

So yeah, I think it's pretty cool 😆

[-] null@slrpnk.net 21 points 4 months ago

Legend!

Do you use NGX yourself?

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 104 points 4 months ago

Actually, I stepped away from the project 'cause I stopped using it altogether. I started the project to satisfy the British government with their ridiculous requirements for proof of my relationship with my wife so I could live here. Once I was settled though and didn't need to be able to bring up flight itineraries from 5 years ago, it stopped being something I needed.

Well that, and lemme tell you, maintaining a popular Free software project is HARD. Everyone has an idea of where stuff should go, but most of the contributions come in piecemeal, so you're left mostly acting as the one trying to wrangle different styles and architectures into something cohesive... while you're also holding down a day job. It was stressful to say the least, and with a kid on the way, something had to give.

But every once in a while I consider installing paperless-ngx just to see how it's come along, and how much has changed. I'm absolutely delighted that it's been running and growing in my absence, and from the screenshots alone, I see that a lot of the ideas people had when I was helming made it in in the end.

[-] null@slrpnk.net 23 points 4 months ago

Oh wow! Quite a journey!

I'd consider Paperless a hall-of-famer for self-hosted software and something most people who get into self-hosting discover at some point, even if they don't use it.

So thanks for building it, even if you've moved on. You gave the forkers something great to build from.

[-] JustEnoughDucks@feddit.nl 10 points 4 months ago

Hey man, that is what I used it for, but with the Belgian government! Great piece of software though!

[-] BCsven@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

It is honestly an awesone tool.

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Thank you very much for the generously contributed code and time while working on it.The effort you put in, will live on for many years to come.

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 1 points 4 months ago

Aww! Thank you! It was fun ❤️

[-] zaphod@lemmy.ca 7 points 4 months ago

Just want to say thank you! Paperless is one of the first things I recommend to anyone considering self hosting their infra. Amazing piece of work!

[-] danielquinn@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 months ago

Thanks! The crazy thing is that it's really not that complicated. I'd say the hardest work was in writing the docs :-). It's awesome to hear that people still use it and love it though.

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