Jeremy D. Miller • 7/8/2026

Things that Have Worked for Our OSS Community

This article shares lessons learned from 15+ years of leading the Critter Stack OSS community (Marten, Polecat, Wolverine, Weasel). The author emphasizes the importance of community investment, responsiveness to users, and living documentation. It covers non-technical strategies like being responsive as a maintainer, leveraging AI tools for issue management, and creating user-centric documentation organized around use cases rather than technical concepts. The article is a practical guide for OSS maintainers on fostering community growth and improving documentation.

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