That doesn't fly these days. Maybe I'm taking everything too serious, but leaving some kind of mark on the internet seems so complicated and doesn't allow for experimentation. Everything is connected somehow and often it's impossible to change things you're not so happy about.

I did a lot of commits and bug reports with throwaway accounts and mails. Contributing things anonymous is still a good thing, but somehow feels wrong and doesn't add anything to how people perceive my skill or character.

Here's one chain of thought:

"I should really put my code online. I set the maila dress in my git repository to "<>" but I can still change that now, but not later. Well I can't use [email protected] but every good name is already in use, so what to do? Maybe I should get a domain first. Damn, every good name is already in use. But I can't commit now because people might end up relying on my commit history or even fork it before I can change it, if I ever come up with something better. Forget about that first, what about my writings? Static pages on github are cheap, oh wait we run into the same problem. And what if we ever move to our own webspace, urls will be doomed! Well, could get some webspace, need a domain anyway. hundred cups of coffee later that domain sounds dumb, that one's taken... Think of a user name instead. That's what people might end up calling you and you need one on github. Damn that's even harder! Screw the whole thing, I'd rather write more code."

I don't know whether I end up as the artist who's parents find a lot of paintings in the attic after his dead and finds universal praise, or the one who's work just end up in the trash can. But that whole attic thing will definitely happen. It sounds crazy in a way.

Has anyone else had that problem, or still has? What to do?