Ask HN: Are you dead?
Can we please stop entitling articles, “Is whatever dead?” Let’s leave the drama to Bruce Willis and ask better questions.
While these kind of questions might be a bit annoying, I still think they are valid in many cases. Sure, you can phrase it very eloquently, but if you have indeed moved on from your (former?) pet project to new exciting ventures, then that is a waste of time, both for the one reading, and the one who asks.
Remember that you would not get this question, if the one asking didn't like it in the first place, and isn't seriously considering to use it.
But maybe they can formulate it a bit friendlier: "Say, is your project still alive and healthy?" :)