Those that know, know, another one of our internal Extensions.
NOW AVAILABLE IN THE NATIVE EXTENSION INSTALLER WITHIN WAPPLER!
Github repo:
As always your feedback is very welcome and if you find it useful you can Buy Me a Coffee (dying of thirst here).
Please stop it
This aging mind has its limits, and I’m fairly certain mine reached them somewhere around your third widget this week. At this point, every new release feels less like a helpful addition and more like an ongoing cognitive endurance trial. I’m scrolling through your posts the way one approaches a changelog after a major Wappler update: cautiously, with a slight squint, and a growing suspicion that I’m about to discover yet another thing I now need to understand.
There’s only so much mental bandwidth available, and your current publishing velocity is consuming it at a rate normally associated with stress‑testing hardware. I’m not saying slow down… but the aging brain would appreciate the occasional breather before the next wave arrives.
Seriously, thank you. 
Too kind! I'm simply following in the footsteps of giants (The Team itself, providing Wappler, and people like your good self and Brian, not forgetting everyone else who contributes back to the Community in whichever way they can). I've had to knock myself in to shape as was felling a little sad as thought I was just banging out junk that nobody needed. Really is nice to get feedback and praise like the message above. I really do appreciate it and it touches my heart to be thought of like such. I mentioned to Brad that we have quite a few Extensions we created for our Clients/internal purposes. So a few more to come as I get around to removing any 'internal' stuff contained within the source. If it were not for great documentation it would be difficult so that is a true blessing. And I won't lie either I make substantial use of A.I in converting these Extensions. I don't mind admitting that. That is plain as day. But the thought behind them has to come from somewhere so be sure there is still a human in the loop (a loopy human at that, well two of us as my business partner is just as scatty and out there).
I'll try to slow down though. Quality over quantity and all that dear Sir.
Thank you for the ever so kind words. Means a lot Ben!!
I know the feeling, push out an extension you are rally proud of and ....... nothing.
Then i see the number of downloads and think "Sh*t, all those downloads and not a single bug report - nailed it".
I confess, i still prefer the npm route, simply as it makes installation so much easier with Wapplers extension installer.
Shame few actually buy a coffee, been doing it for about 5 years and probably not even recouped enough for a 1 year wappler subscription.
Have looked forward to your input Brian thank you. Yes can feel a little disheartening. Deep down I know that people appreciate the work that goes in. Even if we do oblige AI some of the time to help. That is another cost as well as the time and effort put in when it comes to even simply sharing an Extension (I haven't used Git for years so had a whole learning curve to overcome there), let alone creating it (iteration after iteration), refining it, debugging it (only need to look at a changelog to see the amount of shear attempts it can take to get something working). Despite the Extensions I've shared coming from exisiting Extensions we created for internal purposes releasing them publicly is stressful to say the least. I don't think either of us, or none of us that release Extensions 'Open Source' expect any financial reward... However even a few Euro's can go a long way in ones mind as to provide an incentive to go even deeper down the rabbit hole in developing even more complex offerings to share. Also helps keep those endorphin's flowing. Initially I thought, especially with the Wap-Lastic Extension that this should really be commercial as the effort in that was mind blowing (initial Extension was written entirely by hand with no AI help), actually, as were all of them to some extent... WDP - the deployment side was developed using a chain of LLM's but needed hours of testing! I'll usually charge around €65 per hour for my time to a Client. So if I add it up that alone was probably in excess of €2000 to develop to the point it is now. I digress.
I have a love/hate relationship with NPM. If I want to pull something off it I can't. The supply chain risk as well (suppose Git is susceptible to that too in ways). But the underlying factor is it is very difficult to remove something once it is on there. However I've found that installing an Extension is very simple once you have undertaken the process one or two times. Still can be a little daunting for those who have never done it. With that in-mind both of us are happy to aid in that regard, and we don't mind for the most part in offering guidance in doing so. We both share that love of helping people (as do a great majority of the Community Users).
I've had a couple of coffees recently and to say that made my day and it all worth while is an under statement. It meant so much to me. Like I said I'm not doing it as a revenue stream. I'm thankful for the position I am in not having to do that. I also attempted it once with my Wappler Themes endeavor which I shut down as just didn't feel right for some reason...
Regardless of the coffee situation I'll continue to pump out Extensions (quality over quantity of course).
Maybe if the Team stumble in to a fortune they could sponsor us a little! I am joking there gentleman!! But if those lottery numbers come up....
Thank you Brian those words do go a long way. I appreciate you and your input a great deal (and the many contributions you make).
