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Open Source: When Nights & Weekends Are Not Enough Southeast Ruby, October 2017

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Ernesto Tagwerker @etagwerker

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Founder & Software Engineer at Ombu Labs

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Open Source Contributor & Maintainer

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Father & Husband at Home

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Open Source & Parenting 6

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Open Source & Lack of Time 7

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2. What is a contribution? 8 1. Pre-Parenting vs. Post-Parenting 3. Tips for Contributors, Maintainers, & Managers

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2. What is a contribution? 9 1. Pre-Parenting vs. Post-Parenting 3. Tips for Contributors, Maintainers, & Managers

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2. What is a contribution? 10 1. Pre-Parenting vs. Post-Parenting 3. Tips for Contributors, Maintainers, & Managers

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Pre-Parenting vs. Post-Parenting 11

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Pre-Parenting

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Open Source: Every Night 13

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Open Source: Entire Weekends 14

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Post-Parenting

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Open Source: Every Night Some Nights 17

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Open Source: Entire Weekends Some Weekend Nights 18

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Open Source: At Work 19

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“Using and contributing to open source often happens on the job” (Open Source Survey 2017)

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What is an open source contribution anyway?

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Submitting a new issue 22

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Submitting a pull request 23

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Creating an open source project 24

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According to Github

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Other ways to contribute

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Adding additional info to an existing issue 27

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Proposing a workaround 28

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Answering a question in Stack Overflow 29

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Contribution: Adding value to an open source project

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1. Contributors

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1. Contributors 2. Maintainers

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1. Contributors 2. Maintainers 3. Managers

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8 Tips for Contributors

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35 Bake in open source contributions in your workflow 1

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A Workflow Without Contributions

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1. Use open source library 37 2. Find issue 3. Do research The Usual Workflow 4. Found new bug 5. Apply solution 6. Move on to next problem

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1. Use open source library 38 2. Find issue 3. Do research The Usual Workflow 4. Found new bug 5. Apply solution 6. Move on to next problem

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1. Use open source library 39 2. Find issue 3. Do research The Usual Workflow 4. Found new bug 5. Apply solution 6. Move on to next problem

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1. Use open source library 40 2. Find issue 3. Do research The Usual Workflow 4. Found new bug 5. Apply solution 6. Move on to next problem

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1. Use open source library 41 2. Find issue 3. Do research The Usual Workflow 4. Found new bug 5. Apply solution 6. Move on to next problem

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1. Use open source library 42 2. Find issue 3. Do research The Usual Workflow 4. Found new bug 5. Apply solution 6. Move on to next problem

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A Workflow With Contributions

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1. Use open source library 44 2. Find issue 3. Do research A Workflow With Contributions 4. Found new bug … 5. Submit a new issue 6. Submit a pull request (or not!)

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1. Use open source library 45 2. Find issue 3. Do research A Workflow With Contributions 4. Found new bug 5. Submit a new issue 6. Submit a pull request (or not!) …

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1. Use open source library 46 2. Find issue 3. Do research A Workflow With Contributions 4. Found new bug 5. Submit a new issue 6. Submit a pull request (or not!) …

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47 … A Workflow With Contributions 4. Found new bug 7. Apply solution 8. Move on to next problem 5. Submit a new issue 6. Submit a pull request (or not!)

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48 2 bundle open & byebug are your friends

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49 3 When you submit an issue include all your research

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51 4 Submit small pull requests

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53 5 Keep up with the latest versions

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55 6 Solve every problem as if your code were to be open sourced

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For example: As a Developer I want to be able to print official invoices in Argentina

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57 https://github.com/ombulabs/afip_bill

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58 7 Contribute with something you are passionate about

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60 https://github.com/etagwerker/rtopsy

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Sorry!

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Yes!

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65 8 Reach out to open source developers

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database_cleaner & email-spec

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2 Tips for Maintainers

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68 1 Be responsive

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71 2 Actively search for co-maintainers

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database_cleaner & email-spec

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2 Tips for Managers

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74 1 Encourage your team members to make contributions

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75 2 Recurring open source days (e.g. Open Source Fridays)

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Invest time contributing to open source

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Thank you! @etagwerker 77

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Resources 78 1. http://opensourcesurvey.org/2017/ 2. https://github.com/plataformatec/simple_form/issues/1503 3. https://github.com/plataformatec/simple_form/pull/1504 4. https://github.com/dear-github/dear-github 5. https://github.com/pickhardt/maintainers-wanted 6. https://www.codetriage.com 7. https://github.com/departurerb/departure/pull/13 8. https://github.com/ombulabs/afip_bill/ 9. https://github.com/etagwerker/rtopsy 10. https://github.com/pengwynn/topsy