Effective Open Source Interactions

Everyone is using open source software now but most people have not figured out how to interact effectively with the open source software community.

Presented at Turing Fest 2017

Transcript

1. Effective Open Source Interactions ! @MikeMcQuaid
2. Mike McQuaid Maintainer (2009-17) twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid
3. ! Mike McQuaid Senior Engineer (2013-17) github.com/MikeMcQuaid
4. ! groups funnel ☝ upsell helping
5. groups !
6. how are they interacting with a project?
7. users !
8. users want high quality no v2.0 working quietly
9. contributors
10. contributors want good resources ⏱ timely review earned praise
11. maintainers
12. maintainers want no bike shedding private chat more help
13. funnel
14. no-one ever became a contributor without being a user first
15. no-one ever became a maintainer without being a user
16. no-one excels as a maintainer without remaining a user
17. leads prospects sales
18. users contributors maintainers
19. upsell ☝
20. most maintainers were talked into it
24. docs.brew.sh/How-To-Open-a-Homebrew-Pull-Request.html
25. docs.brew.sh/New-Maintainer-Checklist.html
26. helping
27. users should have sensible expectations help how they can prioritise maintainers time
28. contributors should follow project guidelines defer to maintainers go outside comfort zone
29. maintainers should self-care to avoid burnout act as a force multiplier focus on 90% of users
30. https://opensource.guide
31. ! groups funnel ☝ upsell helping
32. Mike McQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid