2024-10-02 Building a community still means giving up control Reddit’s new rules protect short-term value, but creating a community that’s sustainable in the long term still means giving up control. Categories Posts
2024-08-21 Companies: make sustainable contributions We learned over the past year or two that corporate participation in an open source project is not guaranteed. The contributions a company makes need to be sustainable long after the company stops participating. Categories Posts
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
2024-01-31 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
2023-09-20 For companies, community should be “us” not “them” Referring to the community as “them” as if there’s no overlap encourages treating company & community interests as separate, harming long-term sustainability. Categories Posts
2023-06-07 How a company should stop participating in an open source project When participation in a community no longer meets business goals, it’s common to leave. The key is to have a graceful withdrawal strategy. Categories Posts
2023-05-05 To grow an open source project, give up control If the project structure shares leadership outside the company, it becomes more appealing to people outside the company. Categories Posts