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Dwarf Fortress => DF General Discussion => Topic started by: Ekaton on December 22, 2022, 08:09:37 pm

Title: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: Ekaton on December 22, 2022, 08:09:37 pm: Wow, it’s amazing that for the first time in history, we have a programming team! Just imagine the possibilities with another person on the project, and perhaps more in the future! DF can truly grow exponentially from there. This news really made my day.
Title: Re: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: AllomancerJak on December 22, 2022, 10:59:25 pm: It's awesome! And cool to see that it's someone from the community and not just "some programmer off the street". Hopefully some cool stuff coming up!
Title: Re: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: jipehog on December 23, 2022, 04:04:02 am: I haven't been spending a lot of time around here, so I am not familiar with Putnam, but a bigger team indeed sounds like good news and congrats to Putnam.
Title: Re: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: thvaz on December 23, 2022, 05:49:59 am: Where can I read about this news?
Title: Re: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: Raven on December 23, 2022, 06:06:32 am: Quote from: thvaz on December 23, 2022, 05:49:59 am
Where can I read about this news?

it was posted on the steam news thing
https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/975370/view/3625992251197549466

guys now we have another noble to complain at (in a constructive and FUN way, of course)
Title: Re: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: voliol on December 23, 2022, 07:58:26 am: There are some anti-economies of scale when you go too large, but having Putnam in there can only be a boon. I'm not sure I've said so elsewhere, so congrats!
Title: Re: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: Rafal99 on December 23, 2022, 08:44:34 am: Having just one another person already sounds like huge boost to how fast issues are going to be addressed.
Now not everything will require valuable Toady's time, so many more minor UI issues could be addressed faster.

Congrats to Putnam!
And bring us craftdwarfship of the highest quality!
Title: Re: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: Showbiz on December 29, 2022, 02:39:42 pm: This is big! Congratulations for Putnam!
Title: Re: Putnam joining sounds huge!
Post by: TheLifeOfRyanB on January 02, 2023, 05:43:32 am: It'll be interesting to see how Tarn adapts to another developer. Just onboarding, knowledge transfer can take time and putting in place good version control and common builds practices... Should produce some good stories of they're up for sharing. These are of course challenges faced by other developers, myself included...