You know, I really love this community. I appreciate all of you very much. When I started this project, it was a very dark time for me in my life. I was in school, I had just gone through an awful breakup with a long-term girlfriend. Subsequently my grades slipped and I went into a depression. I started studying other devs work very closely. The work I had followed the closest was NunHugger's because he always found time to help people who asked for it on top of always putting out an incredibly solid ROM. Funny enough, I had asked him for help with some kernels and he was gracious enough to teach me how to make a flashable modified kernel. I started playing around with those before I even touched ROMs, funny enough.
I started this project - Intergalactic after building up enough confidence and understanding to actually put out a release. I don't like to release junk. Some of the things that were being tested for this ROM were amazing , but soft bricked my phone consistently. I wish I could have brought those features to the ROM, but the lack of stability made me choose otherwise and other hardcore modifications that could not have been possible without loser, enewman, and upndwn were implemented. This was a seriously amazing project and I can't tell you how happy it made me to see you guys enjoy something I put together.
What this project means to me is everything. If it were not for this, I would not have my current job as Full-time Administrator of Swappa because I was lucky enough to get hired as a part-time moderator and I wouldn't have walked away with all this amazing knowledge about these devices. I wouldn't be where I am today if I didn't sit down after I was depressed, look at my phone and say, "I want you to work better". Oddly enough it was kind of like a child. I had something to take care of; something to work on while I was not well. This community's dedication to my work was overwhelmingly astonishing to say the least. You have all been so supportive and kind. There is a reason that there are so many thanks I give in the OP. That doesn't even begin my list.
Thank you all. I wish you the best in all of your future endeavours. If you ever need me for anything, you know where to find me. You'll always see me buzzing around Swappa.
I am sorry this was such a long post. I just started getting really sentimental I suppose. I hope someone will read this who may be in a similar situation that I was in and take it as a confidence boost to get out there, do the work, and learn the hard way (dive in head first and make mistakes). Intergalactic was my therapy. I was never perfect at it and I asked a lot of questions along the way, but I always did my best to make this the best project that I could. It turned out, the people here made it one of the best things I've ever done in my life. Thanks again, my Intergalactic family.
TL;DR: XDA rules. Thank you, everybody.
