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Success in Open Source

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October 17, 2023
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Success in Open Source

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Transcript

  1. @bdougieYO The Success of Open Source Defined opensauced.pizza 1

  2. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza

  3. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 3 What is success in open source?

  4. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza My success is a series of stupid questions

    I asked and got answer to.
  5. None

  6. Beyoncé of open source @bdougieYO

  7. None

  8. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza a Hackathon that we can be scalable and

    hosted in underserved engineering communities all over the world. Goal
  9. None

  10. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza If you don’t got sauce, then you lost

    ~Gucci Mane

  11. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza East Atlanta Santa ~Gucci Mane

  12. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza • GitHub Blacktocats lead hack day teaching Black

    students how to FLOSS. • 4 Open source maintainer provided in- person talks and mentorship • 8 Blacktocats present (2 local) to support the community with mentorship East ATL Hack Day

  13. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Mentorship & Slack Support

  14. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza

  15. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza

  16. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Joined by the DeKalb County State Representative and

    County Commissioner Community Impact

  17. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Uber Exposure

  18. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza This is about access to information at a

    time when it was not freely distributed.

  19. opensauced.pizza @bdougie If you don’t got sauce, then you lost

    19 Gucci Mane

  20. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza International Hackathon

  21. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza

  22. https://allinopensource.org/access/africa/

  23. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 23 What are success metrics?

  24. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Not cumulative stars

  25. https://github.com/jquery/jquery

  26. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza >1k stars is top 10%

  27. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza ROSS Index

  28. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Not cumulative stars

  29. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza 5 contributors+

  30. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Commits Velocity

  31. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Events over time

  32. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Events over time Funding 1.0

  33. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza 5 contributors+

  34. https://hacktoberfest.com

  35. https://app.opensauced.pizza

  36. https://app.opensauced.pizza

  37. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 37 youtube.com/opensauced

  38. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 38 youtube.com/opensauced Issues = Interest
 
 PRs =

    Adoption

  39. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Top by PR volume

  40. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Contribution Con fi dence

  41. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza star velocity / forks (commit velocity*weight) = a

    trend

  42. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza star velocity / forks (commit velocity*weight) = a

    trend

  43. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza star velocity / forks (commit velocity*weight) = a

    trend

  44. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 44 Contribution Distribution

  45. opensauced.pizza @bdougie 45 GitHub Insights

  46. Who is making contributions? Contribution Insights Calendar gives high level

    insights into contributions over time opensauced.pizza @bdougie

  47. opensauced.pizza @bdougie 47 Insights stop at graphs. Where is the

    impact?

  48. https://insights.opensauced.pizza

  49. Repeat contributors opensauced.pizza @bdougie

  50. https://opensauced.pizza/blog

  51. opensauced.pizza @bdougie 51 Contributions with context

  52. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 52 More Metrics

  53. opensauced.pizza @bdougie 53 OpenSauced Contributor Reputation

  54. CLI opensauced.pizza @bdougie

  55. Pizza Show opensauced.pizza @bdougie

  56. opensauced.pizza @bdougie Pizza Show

  57. opensauced.pizza @bdougie 57 OpenSauced Contributor Reputation

  58. opensauced.pizza @bdougie 58 OpenSauced Contributor Reputation

  59. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 59 What is success in open source?

  60. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Success is the friends we make along the

    way.

  61. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 61 Make OSS more hospitable.

  62. https://opensauced.ai

  63. https://opensauced.ai

  64. https://github.com/open-sauced/repo-query

  65. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 65 What is a good first issue?

  66. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza A problem with a clear path to the

    solution.

  67. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 67 Where are all these good first issues?

  68. https://good fi rstissues.dev

  69. https://github.com/open-sauced/hot/issues? q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+ fi rst+issue%22+is%3Aclosed

  70. https://github.com/open-sauced/hot/issues? q=is%3Aissue+label%3A%22good+ fi rst+issue%22+is%3Aclosed

  71. https://github.com/open-sauced/insights/issues/985

  72. https://insights.opensauced.pizza/user/OgDev-01/contributions

  73. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Reputation + Recognition

  74. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 74 youtube.com/opensauced

  75. https://good fi rstissues.dev

  76. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza The best good fi rst issues are the

    ones you open.

  77. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 77 What’s else?

  78. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza Sponsorship > Mentorship

  79. https://github.com/features/sponsors

  80. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza

  81. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza

  82. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza This is not about money. its about access.

  83. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 83 Let’s talk

  84. opensauced.pizza @bdougieYO 84 youtube.com/opensauced

  85. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza 100 days of open source

  86. https://docs.opensauced.pizza/

  87. opensauced.pizza @bdougie 87

  88. @bdougieYO opensauced.pizza 100 days of open source

  89. opensauced.pizza @bdougie If you don’t got sauce, then you lost

    89 Gucci Mane