Ksetyadi's [B]Log

It’s been almost two years after I joined and “signed-up” with Yahoo! and assigned as one of the Koprol developers. I never thought that it would ended up this way but I believed that everything was happened for a reason. The truth is, there are lots of reasons.

I am a proud developer when the product I’ve contributed in was used by almost two millions of people, mostly young people. I also proud that my fellow developers always embrace new technologies, new possibilities and new techniques along the way we built the product. I am a proud developer when many users gave us feedback about how the Koprol for Android app should behave.

I am still a proud developer when everything was stopped because you have to cross some path in the middle of the road. Not to be pushed away but to find a new way and still kept the passion.

Today, August 28 2012, our mark in this world will be closed down. Everyone who are willing to export their data should be doing it until midnight August 27 (by the time you’re reading this, it’s probably too late). Those who have thousands of memories are prompted to kept their data downloaded. If they don’t do that, everything, every single thing from your photos with friends, meetup, status updated and even your wedding party photos, will be destroyed in just a few seconds.

This is probably one of the saddest day in my life where the product you’re attached to very much is no longer available, exists, or even alive. This is the most important day to learn things, when something goes wrong but you can’t fix things up, never blame it to somebody (or, some products). Instead, learn from mistakes and keep everything close so you know how and what to do in your next destination. This is unarguably the darkest day in Koprol (and Koprol communities) history. But the dark almost certainly followed by the light.

IceHouse and BaritoLabs, you’re the most suitable team to bring the light on. Koprol communities are waiting for your next step. You have the privileges to do so :)