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Removed my GitHub Integration

When I first started, I used a GitHub Integration to help users get the most out of the library. I had pretty high hopes that by hooking up with GitHub & using their Marketplace would be a great way to get users started, while potentially being a source of income.

GitHub paused their Marketplace verifications a few months back, which is a requirement for adding paid plans on their platforms. Every few weeks I got a little less hopeful about the whole situation :/

I decided to ditch the GitHub marketplace this week. It was proving a total distraction. Instead of figuring out if people will pay for the product, I was kind of sitting on my hands thinking "They might unpause this week".

https://pigci.com/github-integration-deprecation-notice - I posted a lengthier explanation for my customers here.

If there is a lesson to learn, it's don't invest in a single platform early on! If I had setup via Stripe, then maybe added myself to the Marketplace further down the road I might have felt more motivated. Instead I lost a lot of enthusiasm on a waste of time.

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