It's pretty funny that the first order of business for the fork was to debate a "design lead" role. They decided against and it looks like the app is totally functional https://www.comaps.app/
It is pretty interesting because it is true that design is better solo'd than committee'd. I wonder how open source communities usually solve these issues.
I use it since the fork and love their energy and tempo. It's amazing when you take into account it's history, that it was closed source at some point (maps.me), opensourced, forked...
Presumably, "design" here is referring to the visual, graphic design.
> It is pretty interesting because it is true that design is better solo'd than committee'd.
This applies to all manner of "design", especially when it's at the edge/interface, which includes humans interfacing with a tool, but also with interfaces such as APIs. It's hard to maintain consistency and coherency and vision in the design of anything when it's committee'd and/or a free-for-all.
It is pretty interesting because it is true that design is better solo'd than committee'd. I wonder how open source communities usually solve these issues.