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@MikeMcQuaid
Why People Don’t Contribute
To Your Open Source Project
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Mike McQuaid
Lead Maintainer (2009-18)
twitter.com/MikeMcQuaid
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Mike McQuaid
Senior Engineer (2013-18)
github.com/MikeMcQuaid
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@MikeMcQuaid
✅ open-sourced
✅ has users
has contributors
has maintainers
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@MikeMcQuaid
why does no-one
contribute to
my project?
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@MikeMcQuaid
why does no-one
buy
my product?
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@MikeMcQuaid
(maybe it’s bad)
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@MikeMcQuaid
✅ product created
✅ product used
sales call made
product bought
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@MikeMcQuaid
! group
funnel
☝ upsell
retain
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@MikeMcQuaid
group
!
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@MikeMcQuaid
why are they
interacting with
your project?
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@MikeMcQuaid
users
!
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@MikeMcQuaid
contributors
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maintainers
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funnel
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@MikeMcQuaid
no-one ever became
a contributor
without being a
user first
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no-one ever became
a maintainer
without being a
user
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@MikeMcQuaid
no-one excels as
a maintainer
without remaining a
user
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@MikeMcQuaid
leads
prospects
sales
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@MikeMcQuaid
users
contributors
maintainers
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@MikeMcQuaid
upsell
☝
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most maintainers
were talked into it
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@MikeMcQuaid
docs.brew.sh/How-To-Open-a-Homebrew-Pull-Request.html
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@MikeMcQuaid
docs.brew.sh/New-Maintainer-Checklist.html
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retain
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@MikeMcQuaid
do you have a
(very) leaky funnel?
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@MikeMcQuaid
users
high quality
no guilt merges
no v2.0
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@MikeMcQuaid
contributors
no bike shedding
☎ open discussions
no feature issues
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@MikeMcQuaid
maintainers
code of conduct
private chat
always growing
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@MikeMcQuaid
! group
funnel
☝ upsell
retain
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@MikeMcQuaid
why does everyone
contribute to
my project?
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@MikeMcQuaid
questions?