2024-03-01 Incentives power open source A company making requests of a project has to explain the incentives in a way the project members will care, not in a way the company cares. Categories Posts
2024-02-28 Grow by delegating Don’t hoard responsibility. Give new contributors a sense of ownership so that they’ll stick around your community. Categories Posts
2024-02-21 Semantic versioning in large projects SemVer can work for large projects, but it’s not a fit for every case. Whatever you pick, document it clearly. Categories Posts
2024-02-14 Keep your bug tracker unified When your bug tracking is scattered across different platforms, you make it harder for your users to file reports. Categories Posts
2024-02-07 Fork yes: embrace forks of your project If you’ve done what you can to make your community a great place to contribute, then you can feel free to embrace any forks that happen. Categories Posts
2024-01-31 Companies: fund work that isn’t new development Failing to invest in your upstream projects presents a large business risk. Communities, like gardens, are more productive when tended to. Categories Posts
2024-01-24 Don’t try to be too formal in policy writing Don’t emulate legal language when writing policies for your community. The simpler the language, the easier everyone will understand. Categories Posts
2024-01-17 Open source trends for 2024 With 2024 here, I take a look at a few trends I see in open source this year. Categories Posts
2023-12-27 Open source leadership resolutions for 2024 If you’re looking for some inspiration for your new year’s resolutions, here’s what I’m thinking about for 2024. Categories Posts
2023-12-20 How to get started in project management Do you want to get started in project management but you’re not sure how? Open source projects have plenty of opportunity to jump in & help. Categories Posts