No forks, One star. Now what?! — How I published my Kotlin Open-Source lib

My session from Reversim Summit 2017: https://summit2017.reversim.com/session/f9afbecf-8eff-0aa1-9108-ff233d259af7

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1. No forks, One star. Now what?! OR 5 tips to publish your open source project @OhadShai - Reversim Summit 2017
2. All tips are based on kotlin-logging©
4. What is Kotlin • Programming Language • Open Source by Jetbrains since 2010 • Official Android language since May 2017 Ask me Later! https://medium.com/@octskyward/why-kotlin-is-my-next-programming-language-c25c001e26e3
5. Kotlin-Logging • Since July 2016 • A logging framework for Kotlin developers • kotlin wrapper for SLF4J • ~1k LOC • 270 GitHub Stars (and counting) • More than 40k downloads (maven, bintray)
6. Steps to be Rich and Famous https://fmarchives.files.wordpress.com/2012/12/rich-and-famous-1.jpg
7. Tip #1 Easy to consume https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/science/general-science/digestive-system/
8. Tip #2 Good documentation http://www.impostorsyndrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/openbook.png
9. https://github.com/amitmerchant1990/electron-markdownify https://github.com/angular-medellin/meetup https://github.com/jakubroztocil/httpie
10. Tip #2 Good documentation http://www.impostorsyndrome.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/openbook.png
11. Tip #3 Multiple Distribution Channels http://www.kdleafletdistributionglasgow.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/le.png • Google search • Stack overflow • Blog posts • Reddit • Slack • …
12. Tip #4 Use Metrics & KPI’s
13. https://conversionxl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3.png
14. https://conversionxl.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/3.png Readme Blog Post Tweet Stars Downloads Traffic
15. Bonus Tip “Haters gonna Hate”
16. Thank You! @OhadShai More details on my medium blog… please star ;-)