Stories in Open Source

What’s it like to work on Open Source projects? They’re all the same aren’t they? No, they’re not - the longer I worked on Open Source the more I realize how different the experience is for each one of them. Walk with me through some stories that happened to me in Open Source and let’s see what we can take away.

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2. First contact
3. gedit
5. gedit
6. gedit
8. THE END
9. THE END needless work
10. THE END needless work missing triaging
11. THE END needless work missing triaging no appreciation
12. THE END needless work missing triaging frustration no appreciation
13. Stories in Open Source Tobias Pfeiffer @PragTob pragtob.info
17. Shoes.app width: 300, height: 200 do background lime..blue stack do para "Welcome to the world of Shoes!" button "Click me" do alert "Nice click!" end end image "http://shoesrb.com/img/shoes-icon.png", margin_top: 20, margin_left: 10 end end
20. Welcoming, friendly & helpful
21. OSS friends
22. Give people access
23. Release early, release often
24. You are not your OSS
25. class Dog def bark puts 'Woooof' end end Dog.extend AfterDo Dog.after :bark do puts 'I just heard a dog bark!' end dog = Dog.new dog.bark # Output is: # Woooof # I just heard a dog bark! after_do
27. micro libraries are great
28. micro libraries are great usage is wild
29. list = Enum.to_list(1..10_000) map_fun = fn i -> [i, i * i] end Benchee.run( %{ "flat_map" => fn -> Enum.flat_map(list, map_fun) end, "map.flatten" => fn -> list |> Enum.map(map_fun) |> List.flatten() end }, time: 10, memory_time: 2 ) benchee
31. learn as you go
32. learn as you go better isn’t enough
33. learn as you go better isn’t enough co-maintainers
34. We made it!
35. SimpleCov
37. “legacy” OSS
38. “legacy” OSS joy of impact
39. “legacy” OSS joy of impact integration nightmares
40. OSS @ work
41. OSS @ work
42. OSS @ work Responsible?
43. OSS @ work Responsible? Dedication
44. COVID hits
45. Russia further invades Ukraine
46. Layoffs and Stress at work
47. Degrading bunny health
49. Back to the first talk
50. Back to the first talk OSS is made of people
51. OSS OWES YOU 💩
52. I OWE YOU 💩
53. BUT I 💚 CREATING
54. TAKE CARE
55. BE NICE
56. First steps into OSS
57. Please report issues!
58. Be nice!
59. Be nice! Minimize
60. Be nice! Minimize Reproduce
62. Discuss!
63. (Maybe) add a PR!
64. OSS vs Work
66. OSS Be nice!
67. OSS Be nice! Your OSS, your time
68. OSS Be nice! Your OSS, your time Adoption takes time
69. OSS seemingly even less diverse
70. OSS seemingly even less diverse is this sustainable?
71. OSS seemingly even less diverse is this sustainable? what about people using OSS for “evil”?
73. friends
74. friends
75. friends
76. friends first talks
77. friends first talks
78. friends first talks
79. friends first talks
80. friends first talks learning
81. friends first talks learning all other projects
82. friends first talks learning all other projects
83. @PragTob Enjoy OSS