The problem is they nerfed 5.5 about a month ago. The change was immediately visible to me: context compacting started to happen about 3x as frequently.
I think 5.6 is still not even close to 5.5 xhigh pre-nerf.
I can imagine that happening when the motivation is external (praise).
When I write open-source it's because I have to write it out of myself.
Do I expect praise, kudos, fame, whatever? I do and that happens, I have been hired countless of times because of open-source. Even my friends (!) have been hired because of open-source stuff I wrote and they contributed to.
But the main motivation is internal - I just have to see it take shape. Like a writer who can't resist painting or a writer who can't stop writing.
Do I have regrets still? Yeah because I could have used the time for better things. But that can be said about any hobby.
I think 5.6 is still not even close to 5.5 xhigh pre-nerf.