I agree with Enay ... just don't show what you're working on until you're ready. Criticism isn't a bad thing. However, there's a good point in the project to receieve criticism and that's after you've exhausted yourself and can't think of anyway to make something better.
The problem is early on in the project ... you generally know there are about 1001 things that need to be fixed but you show off what you're working on to get some praise for the early stuff to motivate you to fix the 1001 things you already know about. I find that it's a lot more helpful to just crank away on what you're doing until you yourself can't find much wrong with it. You've tied all the lose ends together that you can find and then you show it off knowing full well it's pretty damn good and that any criticism is only going to make it better, not unmotivate you like it does in the really early stages of development.
Bottomline you're doing really well right now! Don't lose your motivation and maybe just hold back a little on communicating with potentially jealous community members for motivational purposes. Just do what you're doing because it's working ... at this point you don't need anyone else's approval. Just make sure that when the time's right ... that it's your best foot forward.
The problem is early on in the project ... you generally know there are about 1001 things that need to be fixed but you show off what you're working on to get some praise for the early stuff to motivate you to fix the 1001 things you already know about. I find that it's a lot more helpful to just crank away on what you're doing until you yourself can't find much wrong with it. You've tied all the lose ends together that you can find and then you show it off knowing full well it's pretty damn good and that any criticism is only going to make it better, not unmotivate you like it does in the really early stages of development.
Bottomline you're doing really well right now! Don't lose your motivation and maybe just hold back a little on communicating with potentially jealous community members for motivational purposes. Just do what you're doing because it's working ... at this point you don't need anyone else's approval. Just make sure that when the time's right ... that it's your best foot forward.