Gregory's ServerOne of the crucial aspects of open source software projects is their existence inside an ecosystem. It is using other open source tools. People use other open source tools for integrated workflows and even if there are projects around with similar goals, its always good to reach out and talk to the others. What are common problems, are there ways to help each other, maybe even develop parts of the software together or share infrastructure?
You should be aware of and act accordingly.
You can surely sit in the basement, scratch your own itch and have a lot of fun and create a great software. But I am wondering if its really free software if its just built for you, your usecase, totally ignoring all other potential users or interaction with other, related tools.