People who write code are most afraid of one kind of wasted effort.
The repository has been updated, the documentation has been supplemented, the toolchain has been fixed, but when the industry report comes out, the number of developers doesn't count you, and you are not on the ecosystem map.
Clearly, things are being done, but outside, only an empty poster is seen.
Many chain leaders are busy generating buzz before going online, but when it comes to developers, they haven't even left a spot for you to show what you've done.
@MidnightNetwork Recently, I feel quite strongly about these two steps.
On March 4th, the official opened the Aliit Fellowship Cohort 2, focusing not on recruiting those who shout for orders, but on those who are truly writing code, making tools, supplementing documentation, and helping others to troubleshoot.
The next day, they issued Get your project on the map, stating it very clearly that Midnight must submit the ecosystem map to Electric Capital for the first time, and the developer activity during the period around the mainnet launch will directly affect how this chain is viewed externally.
If it's not recorded, it means it hasn't been seen.
This action is small, but it clearly indicates the approach of Midnight.
It's not just about shouting for builders to come build, but first clarifying who is contributing and who should be counted in the ecosystem.
The official directly mentioned in that article that there are already hundreds of active developers in the ecosystem using Compact and deploying applications on Preprod, but if the repo metadata is not configured properly, external tools will not count this work towards Midnight.
For a chain that will launch its mainnet in late March 2026, this step is worth more than another slogan.
Now looking at Midnight, I feel that what it is doing before the mainnet is not just about attracting people, but first turning the developers' labor into visible assets.
Many chains fail, not because no one writes anything, but because the people who write end up feeling like they were never there. Midnight has at least started to seriously address this issue.
@MidnightNetwork #night $NIGHT
