Comment by ChrisMarshallNY

I've been publishing my work for decades.

It really hasn't resulted in fame and fortune; but that's mainly because I am not particularly interested in fame and fortune.

I generally think that it has been "successful." I mainly do what I do, to learn, and to develop the habit of excellence. I write the code that I want to use, and I write the prose that I want to read.

There was another posting, about "Giving A Shit As A Service," and that dovetails rather well, here (in my case).