I am veteran (cough) of about a month now with Appium.
I have appeared here from time to time asking questions, and have had some help, some successes, some failures.
I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to the Appium crew for such a impressive tool. It is not perfect of course. But it is totally transforming my tedious test routines and opening up new test opportunities.
I think anybody here who has been part of creating Appium should take a moment to congratulate your self. Well done.
We spend too little time, as computer programmers, appreciating our successes. Failures dominate our thoughts (speaking for myself). I want it known I really appreciate Appium.