Hack the Open Source Growth

Insights from my experiments with growth hacking open source projects.

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2. 14
   15
   GitHub Trending
   

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3. RUBY ‖ WEEKLY
   

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4. RUBY ‖ WEEKLY
   

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5. Coding
   Open-Sourcing
   and
   

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6. 2 STARS
   

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7. 10 STARS 1 ISSUE
   

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9. OPEN SOURCE
   

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10. PUSHED TO
    GITHUB
    WROTE CODE
    

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11. MAKING THINGS
    HAPPEN
    WAITING FOR
    THINGS TO HAPPEN
    

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12. KNOW HOW TO SAY IT
    HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY
    

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13. IDEA
    

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14. SOLVE YOUR OWN
    PROBLEM
    

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15. Aah, your projects
    are cool.
    My projects aren’t.
    “
    

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16. THE RULES
    A project without a “catch”
    Spend the least effort possible
    Should happen over 1 week
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    2.
    3.
    

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17. Daniel
    and
    react-compose
    

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18. EXPERIMENT
    

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20. HACKER NEWS
    

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26. HAVE A
    WEBSITE
    

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27. WRITE TO
    INFLUENCERS
    

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28. React Digest
    The Changelog
    JS Jabber
    Javascript Weekly
    React Newsletter
    Web Design Weekly
    

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29. 299
    265
    1 263
    659
    INFLUENCERS
    OTHER
    REDDIT
    TWITTER
    2.5k people
    

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30. Spent:
    3 hours creating a website
    2 hours setting up trackers
    10$ on a .com domain
    3 hours writing emails & posts
    I owe my designer shots
    

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32. YOU SOLVE YOUR
    OWN PROBLEMS
    

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33. LEARN OUT LOUD
    

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34. BETTER JOB
    OPPORTUNITIES
    

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35. IT IS PRETTY COOL
    

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36. Thank you
    

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