#Bot Developer Panel + AMA Questions
storm dock
What is a panel?
fringe pasture
what is an AMA?
quaint hawk
@fringe pasture @storm dock please checkout previous bot dev panels to get an idea https://youtu.be/1OmltkW-OH4
glacial lily
Hoss boy how do you maintain a work-life balance, being a (mainly solo) discord bot developer
wooden root
For Nathan of Double Counter.
When you first started the project, did you see it becoming successful or were you worried it wouldn't take off? Were you ever close to shutting the project down; if so, why?
For Crawl, of Discord.js
Do you feel you have personally influenced younger people to pick up coding Discord bots as a hobby? What has been one of the most rewarding aspects of being a part of the Discord.js management team?
wraith hound
This question is for Crawl the maintainer of discord.js. I was wondering what is your opinion on typescript? Do you think it is a better language compared to javascript for building discord bots? It's more typing but I've seen more and more people use it.
azure phoenix
for the djs developer:
how do you deal with complaints about API changes
fervent bay
for everyone:
how do you find the motivation to continuously support and maintain your projects for years upon years?
celest vector
Crawl, wondering why there are so many major releases with many breaking changes for djs and how this impacts the developer experience
normal heath
For Crawl: How did you started djs, and made it the best discord api wrapper available?
wooden root
For Nathan L how long did it take you to make your bot successful and get ppl to join you?
tranquil swan
For Crawl: Will there be an official discord.js framework?
unborn spire
For Nathan: What algorithm is used by Double Counter to detect alternative accounts? 👀, (pretty sure it's private and ofcourse advanced) but want to know in brief about it (if possible)
elfin shadow
What's the average amount of cost for your infrastructure monthly, also how do you maintain retention ( for bot developers )
chilly cedar
Please keep the questions AMA relevant, thank you! :D
wooden root
For Crawl: With the (not so) recent abandonment of discord.py by Danny and then development being resumed again, should I rely on discord.py for a really big project?
fossil ibex
Anyone can answer, but mostly interested in Crawl from a lib standpoint
How well do you think Discord communicate upcoming changes, allow testing of changes before full rollout and timeframe before breaking changes?
Have they gotten better, or worse?
split plank
For anyone interested with sharding + nomad: https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad/docs/runtime/environment - This zero-based index actually works really well for maintaining the shard ID - and we dont really worry about it anymore
split plank
What's the average amount of cost for your infrastructure monthly, also how do y...
All in, redundant VM nodes and networking - $2-3k/m. Budget Infra ~ $100-$500
desert heron
Is there gonna be Discord.js support for CoffeeScript?
weak lion
What are your opinion on new features on Discord?
Are these things you can see yourself integrating into your bots anytime soon?
scenic bronze
What would you say to people wanting to start discord bot development but unsure where to start. Or constantly being faced with challenges and quickly being discured or wanting to give up?
gotcha, tysm guys 
carmine needle
What's the average amount of cost for your infrastructure monthly, also how do y...
About $2,500 total for servers, $4,000 with all other tech services included
drowsy sleet
I'm out here with like $15/mo 😄
fair trench
Is there a recording of the event? Missed it unfortunately 
Gonna be uploaded to marcorennmaus?
regal path
It will soon be available on YouTube, Spotify and most podcast platforms
On the official Top.gg channels
fair trench
Oh alright thanks!
regal path
We'll post it in #announcements once it's ready!
wooden root
What's the suggestion you can give for developers to succeed?
Like the best one you can give