Daniel Pineault - Devhut

Pat Hartman said:
@Jon
Have you contacted Dan about this? I can contact him through the MVP news group if you want me to reach out.
Pat
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I emailed Daniel the day his site went down. I know others have as well. No responses so far AFAIK
I know Daniel reads emails in the MVP groups but I have never yet seen him interact with those groups
 
Ditto less than a week before he took down his website. Ironically. he asked for the current link to one of my web articles which he then updated in one of his articles! It must have been a fairly sudden decision though a long time brewing.
 
I note that Daniel's YouTube channel is still running here:-

I realized early on that people do not want to pay for any code. This is not just the case for Microsoft Access, it's a prevalent attitude across the internet, where there's a pervasive belief that everything should be free. I've had moments, much like what I imagine Daniel might have experienced, where I considered quitting.

But I have so much fun doing the videos and writing the code and that's why I do it, it's not to make any money, although I've been fortunate to receive support from various members over the years, particularly from this forum, and for that, I'm truly thankful.

My advice to anyone that thinks they are going to make money developing code snippets and instructional YouTube videos is that you should think again! By all means, do it, but make sure you are doing it because you love doing it, as with anything in life really!
 
Uncle Gizmo said:
I realized early on that people do not want to pay for any code.
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Too true. I have a thing ot two to say about this, but that is another thread. I have started to bring this topic up before but always thought better of it.

Once I finish this chapter of my mide-life crises bucket list, I will start it.
 
@Pat Hartman I haven't. I don't even know who owns the copyright if it was created on a website other than his own domain.
 
Uncle Gizmo said:
I realized early on that people do not want to pay for any code. This is not just the case for Microsoft Access, it's a prevalent attitude across the internet, where there's a pervasive belief that everything should be free. I've had moments, much like what I imagine Daniel might have experienced, where I considered quitting.
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Pat Hartman said:
do you want experts like Dan who was one of the more prolific and good content creators out there to pick up their ball and go home because you are too cheap to support their efforts?
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Where do you all get the idea that Daniel removed his content because of money?

This is not the impression I have got - it seems to me that it was more because his disillusion with the MS/Access ecosystem.

Note his comment in the source code of the current page of his website which I quoted in Post #3.

I always got the feeling that Daniel was more than happy to offer his code for free, and that it paid itself back through gaining clients for his consulting work.

What did I miss?
 
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cheekybuddha said:
Where do you all get the idea that Daniel removed his content because of money?
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Thoughts on Content Removal
I have no idea why he removed his content, but something obviously upset him! I can only imagine that he felt the same way about it as I did, and in one way, you're correct - it's not about the money.

Value Beyond Money
It's the fact that if someone is willing to buy you a coffee, or buy one of your products, in some way, they giving you a token that they appreciate what you have done. That's really what it's about and as I said, various members here over the years have done this and it's a fantastic experience.

Acknowledgement
So when I say money, I really mean acknowledgement and I think that's the essence of what has happened with Daniel.

Subjectivity
Although I can't speak to his mind, and neither can you, I can speak for my own mind and my own experience and relate that to what I see has happened with Daniel. That's all I can do.
 
The devhut.net domain still points to a server.
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He may have just moved its content somewhere else, but he kept the domain. Who knows, maybe it'll be accessible soon again.
 
Pat Hartman said:
and ChatGP wrote all our code;)
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I spent the best part of two evenings with ChatGPT writing a Google Chrome extension designed to load a Google document into the currently selected Google Drive folder. The Google document is basically a template that includes the current date and the URL of the folder it resides in. I also want it to automatically add a title, but I haven't figured that out yet. The progress has been smooth, and there seems to be a feasible path to achieving this. However, I've encountered one of those frustrating Google problems where they restrict certain actions, and ChatGPT hasn't provided a solution either. It keeps saying the same thing over and over again!

The specific error you're encountering indicates a violation of the CORS (Cross-Origin Resource Sharing) policy.

I'm going to leave it for now and have another go tomorrow evening!
 
cheekybuddha said:
That server still serves a page:
https://www.devhut.net

On that page Daniel writes:
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It seems like he could be up to something sneaky there. The domain didn't have any content the last time I checked, specifically because you mentioned it had a hidden message in the source code. When I tried opening it, I encountered a 404 error. I also noticed that he used ChatGPT to generate the countdown, which I find quite interesting.

I suppose he achieved the attention he was seeking.
 
cheekybuddha said:
That server still serves a page:
https://www.devhut.net
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The countdown clock is an interesting feature of that webpage, >>>28,000 days is equal to 76.66 years.<<< it looks to be counting down to DOD.... Or maybe to when Daniel plans on retiring, coming back to MS Access and messing around with it like other retirees do!
 
Uncle Gizmo said:
The countdown clock is an interesting feature of that webpage, >>>28,000 days is equal to 76.66 years.<<< it looks to be counting down to DOD.... Or maybe to when Daniel plans on retiring, coming back to MS Access and messing around with it like other retirees do!
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See post #15
 
I think we should not waste time speculating on the reasons why Daniel has took such action or question is judgement. I would rather spend time thanking him for his generous and aspirational work in recognizing that the quality of code and explanation which he shared with the Access community is was far superior to most. If he chooses not to continue with Access which would be a disappointment to many including myself his position and recognition within the Access community will never be forgotten..
 
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Pat Hartman said:
@Jon Let me know if you want me to connect the two of you.
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Its low on the priority list at the moment. Had a break-in yesterday amongst other things, so have little time right now.
 
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