Drew DeVault explains why his systems programming language project has been kept semi-private for over two years. The language is technically accessible via unlisted URLs but not publicly announced, allowing a small community of ~30 contributors to iterate rapidly, apply breaking changes across all downstream projects, and avoid discouraging inexperienced users with an incomplete toolchain. He outlines the plan to go public with comprehensive documentation and stability guarantees, and asks the community not to share the project prematurely. The post ends with a frustrated update after readers immediately posted the language's website publicly despite his appeal.
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