NYC.rb October 2015

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1. THE PROBLEMS OF OPEN SOURCE & ALSO THE FUTURE OF RACK Jon Moss
2. I’m Jon Moss
3. @maclover7 on Github @applerebel on Twitter
4. Where I Work
6. KNOWN FACTS
7. Yes, I’m from New Jersey
8. Yes, NJ Transit sucks
9. But, NYC’s better, right?
10. ANYWAY…
11. THE PROBLEMS OF OPEN SOURCE
12. OPEN SOURCE IS REALLY COOL* *except when it’s not
13. WHY’S OSS BAD SOMETIMES?
14. 2 MAIN REASONS
15. REASON #1: “PEOPLE” PROBLEMS
16. MAINTAINERSHIP IT’S NOT A FULL-TIME JOB
17. BENEFITS OF FREE?
18. PEOPLE WHO DO OSS ENJOY IT
19. NEGATIVES OF FREE?
20. I DON’T HAVE DHH OR TENDERLOVE’S PHONE NUMBERS
21. JOBS / LIVES CAN GET IN THE WAY
22. REASON #2: CODE PROBLEMS
23. WHEN PEOPLE AREN’T PAYING ATTENTION… THINGS CAN GET OUT OF HAND
24. github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip
25. ISSUE FOR THE ISSUES
26. SEE STEVE KLABNIK’S BLOG POST words.steveklabnik.com/how-to-be-an-open-source-gardener
27. WHAT ABOUT REAL CODE?
28. WE ARE SOFTWARE WRITERS, AREN’T WE? </dhh troll> </tenderlove troll>
29. github.com/rack/rack
30. MEDIATOR BETWEEN APPS + WEB SERVERS
31. Rack Puma WEBrick Thin Lotus Rails Sinatra LOW LEVEL —> C HIGH LEVEL —> RUBY
32. Rack has been having maintainership issues
34. Poor tenderlove…
35. Poor James Tucker…
36. Paperclip + Rack are good examples of when the community should be stepping up!
37. ¿HOW 2 FIX?
38. STEP 1: CONTRIBUTING.md
39. Super Easy to do!
40. IMPROVE CONTRIBUTOR ONBOARDING!!!!!!! — more people onboard = more people to do work!!!!
41. STEP 2: DOCUMENTATION
42. Rails has these, what does your project have? http://api.rubyonrails.org/ http://contributors.rubyonrails.org/
43. STEP 3: MONITOR THE GITHUBS
44. paperclip today: Thanks Tute Costa!
45. STEP 3: ACTUALLY READ THE CODE!
46. Try and do all of these: • Document your code • Test your code • SHARE your code (have people actually use your code to check for edge cases and things like that)
47. LET’S TALK MORE ABOUT RACK
48. MIDDLEWARE / CALL-BASED STACK REQUEST/RESPONSE CYCLE VS
49. config.ru: class Hi def initialize(app) @app = app end def call(env) status = 200 headers = {'HI' => 'HI'} body = 'sup' [status, headers, [body]] end end run Hi
50. NODE.JS TODAY var express = require('express'); var app = express(); app.get('/', function(req, res) res.status(200).send('hello world'); }); app.listen(3000);
51. FUTURE OF RACK…?
52. Possible Ruby Future #1 class Hi def self.call(req, res) res.write_head(200, 'Content-Type' => ‘text/plain') res.write "Hello World" res.finish end end class Timer def self.call(req, res) puts "The current time is #{Time.now}" end end use Timer run Hi
53. Possible Ruby Future #2 class DBEvents def start_app(app) puts "ensure database connection" end def start_request(req, res) puts "-> checkout connection" end def finish_request(req, res) puts "<- checkin connection" end end use DBEvents
54. MORE PROBLEMS: HTTP/2
55. SIDE NOTE I’m working on a (possible) replacement for Rack!
56. It’s called Miron github.com/mironrb/miron
57. Live demo time?
58. WRAP UP TIME
59. Go into your Gemfile, and find gems that need help with maintenance!
60. YOU are using the gem after all, don’t you want it to be well maintained?
61. ACTUAL WRAP UP TIME
62. –Jon Moss “The community should help the project’s maintainer(s).”
63. I’m a thought leader now! Am I the youngest Ruby thought leader?
64. Hacktoberfest: Incentive? • Run by Github / DigitalOcean • 4 PRs opened = free shirt!!! • https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/
65. FURTHER READING: • “The Social Coding Contract” conference talk by Justin Searls • Steve Klabnik’s blog • tenderlovemaking.com/2011/03/03/rack-api-is- awkward.html • Aaron Patterson’s Full Stack Fest talk
66. THANKS!!! <3 @maclover7 on Github @applerebel on Twitter