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Agreed. I try to do the same with my stuff. Honest, transparent market research / placement improves your offering, rather than diminishes it.

Thanks for the kind words! without the other tools i don't think fq would even exist, they inspired and show what was possible.

I don’t even necessarily see listing alternatives as competition. Often alternatives solve overlapping, but different problems.

I wouldnt even say the are necessarily competitors. More like a flathead screwdriver to compliment your phillips in most of those cases

Not only that, the README has a section called _Hopes_, the second bullet point being

> Inspire people to create similar tools.

Thanks for the kind words! they inspired me so i hope i can inspire others

Right? Not doing so is either disingenuous or amateurish