Not yet we haven’t had a chance to sit down and discuss it yet.
So, will there be a nice public test net for Christmas? 
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I agree that documentation is hugely important, being able to demonstrate it in a user friendly way is a key aspect to drive adoption of the network and readme.io does an excellent job in this area. Given what we are trying to achieve we are a very small team, and any tools that we can use that help speed up the delivery of well presented documentation I feel we should take.
I personally don’t find readme’s terms, or privacy policies to be over bearing and they do not require you to login and create an account to view the documentation. After we launch and have more resource available we can turn our attention back to how we host documentation and maybe look to create something ourselves that emulates all the good points of readme, but in the meantime my feeling is that we should focus on our core competency, delivering the network. We also have limited financial resources and not only does it take time to hire individuals to do this work, it would also mean we have less money to hire core developers, and this should be our priority at this point.
The commitment you have shown is certainly never in question and the time you have taken to articulate your point of view is very much appreciated, however, we do need to prioritise our resources and IMHO readme represents a effective interim solution. I hope this makes sense.
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Good to read these updates. Many thanks for keeping everyone up-to-date.
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Sounds good to me, thank you for your thoughtful consideration. I look forward to what comes next.
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I think it’s really important people know when the final network is up and running though @happybeing. The uncertainty and constant resetting and loss of data will give a really muddy start to it all.
The message must be clear. We have a working network, come and use it not we have a network, it’s not finished and we might reset it at any time but come and have a look, don’t use it though as you might lose your files etc.
Apoption is crucial and reliability and a concise message is what makes people press that big download button.
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Agreed, and this is why the marketing effort needs to wait until the network is stable.
People aren’t used to hearing about, let alone able to watch every step of the development of a product, and even get involved in the specification and design, until it’s been tested out in the wild, and hit the production lines. It takes some getting used to!
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Honestly I think they should. I would give them a greater appreciation for what goes into the development of an application or platform. Projects like these don’t just magically appear, they’re developed over long periods of time, years sometimes decades. It’s like writing a book or a symphony or something only with more people involved. All people usually see is your book on the shelf, they don’t get to see all the false starts, the outlines, the editing, the hairpulling as you try to break through writers block or the late nights of obsessive compulsive writing. They don’t get to see and the mess that goes into the creation of art. Same with programming. If people saw what goes into it they’d gain an understanding of the complexities involved. If nothing else they’d understand that a tech needs food and coffee while he’s coding. 
I remember when Diaspora was just a glitchy alpha release. Now it’s matured quite nicely and spans dozens of pods. But I was there when it was first released and you needed an invite just to use it. Same with SAFE. When it first pops it’s head out it might barely be able to crawl but before you know it it’ll be running all over the place and we’ll we tying cyber-skiis to it in order to ride the momentum.
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Coming from a more sysadmin-focused approach to utilizing computers, this is a great analogy that really lets me appreciate the effort that goes into creating something like this. And the openness with which the core development team operates is very helpful and exciting.
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