Final post in a series on managing open source communities, focusing on moderation strategies like codes of conduct and tiered tools.
A guide offering practical advice for managing large open source communities, covering automation, governance, and moderation.
Explores the 'as is' clause in open source licenses and its implications for user entitlement and maintainer burnout.
Practical advice for establishing and operationalizing governance in mature open source projects, covering ownership, security, and contributor roles.
A recap of a live pair programming session on DEV Community, focusing on fixing a Liquid tag issue in the Forem codebase.
A developer explains how 'Yak Shaving'—the process of tackling tangential tasks—can be a positive motivation for starting and improving open source projects.
Explores useful GitHub Actions features like manual triggers and sparse matrices for CI/CD workflows, based on migrating from Travis CI.
A Python/Django community member discusses the importance of linguistic diversity in FLOSS, highlighting an Italian translation of Django docs.
An update on the godocs.io fork of godoc.org, detailing improvements made over six months to support the Go community.
A guide on making your open source project more approachable for contributors, covering documentation, guidelines, and community building.
An in-depth look at JUnit Pioneer, a JUnit 5 extension project, covering its features, development, and community contributions.
A software developer discusses the 'XY Problem' in tech support, where users ask about their attempted solution rather than the actual problem they need to solve.
A guide for open source maintainers on communicating with their community, covering release notes, GitHub releases, and using Twitter for announcements.
A signal-boosted article explaining the philosophy and commitment behind Lichess, a free and open-source online chess platform.
A developer shares their journey of making their personal website's source code public, discussing vulnerability and overcoming imposter syndrome.
A guide on building a user community for an open source project, covering how to handle user queries and set up GitHub issue templates.
Explains why the Developer Certificate of Origin (DCO) is a better, more transparent alternative to Contributor License Agreements (CLAs) for open-source projects.
A developer recounts building a complex, multi-bot IRC system with features like parcel tracking, music requests, and a JavaScript execution bot.
A developer reflects on public drama with Tailwind CSS, apologizes, and shares lessons learned about communication in open source.
A guide exploring the benefits, challenges, and practical steps for open sourcing commercial video games for preservation and legacy.
