What happens when your passion project becomes so successful that you have to shut it down? Advent of Code creator Eric Wastl announced he was scaling back from 25 days to 12 and removing the global leaderboard. The reason? People were feeling bad at their jobs because they couldn't solve puzzles in 45 seconds like the leaderboard speedrunners.
Quiet UI launched with excitement, garnered incredible buzz, and shut down three weeks later when the demands became overwhelming.
This week, the hosts explore how good intentions collide with bad behavior—where success becomes punishment, communities ruin what was made for them, and the people who just wanted to share something cool are forced to walk away.
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With audio editing and engineering by ZCross Media.
Full show notes and transcript here.
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