Whole Clojure and ClojureScript ecosystem.
Ask HN: Which open source projects have kind, supportive, talented teams?
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#92This is the ideal we are striving for at https://github.com/amark/gun , and I hope our https://gitter.im/amark/gun is evidence of that.
We're an Open Source Firebase, with graph data structures and a decentralized architecture. Please give us an email so we can help, mine is mark@gunDB.io .
Re: Ask HN: Which open source projects have kind, supportive, talented teams?
#93Aren't these mandatory qualities in the open source world?
If you enjoy Python, RESTish APIs and all sorts of database backends, you can checkout http://Ramses.tech a project that I'm involved with.
Re: Ask HN: Which open source projects have kind, supportive, talented teams?
#94Whole Clojure and ClojureScript ecosystem.
As much as I love Clojure this is not entirely true. Without naming names there are some prominent projects/devs that would not qualify for this.
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#95Rust is generally awesome.
Rust's IRC channel is amazing - supportive, thoughtful, and non-condescending. This is in sharp contrast to the Go one, which is an absolute cesspit.
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#96Find the projects that speak to you then check in on the communities. Contributing to open source is first and foremost _work_. A community can turn you off from participating, but the motivation to contribute only comes from the product. And you might be surprised at the difference between what it's like to contribute to any random project compared to what a "news" blogger that needs to generate hits wants you to th…
This is really the correct answer: Why do you want to participate in an open-source project in the first place? If it's to gain brownie points for your CV, it's quite likely that you'll get nowhere, because that's a motivation right along with "earn money". The difference to just getting a random software development job for earning money is that at the random job, you will be in a team where tasks will naturally flo…
Another tack: look for employers that have already demonstrated a commitment to open source software / hardware. (This is, of course, a difficult chicken-and-egg problem for those looking to bolster a CV.)
I think starting at the language level, and then digging deeper for sub-projects in your interest sphere is a good strategy. I'm partial to the Perl and Python communities. Both have BDFLs that are kind people who lead by example. Projects associated with these languages often seem more accessible (IMO), and I think Larry and Guido deserve a lot of credit for that.
I'll also throw in a plug for jabber.org and telehash.org because Jeremie is one of the nicest people I've ever met.
edit: and exercism.io because Katrina is brilliant and dedicated to community building.
Re: Ask HN: Which open source projects have kind, supportive, talented teams?
#97Whole Clojure and ClojureScript ecosystem.
As much as I love Clojure this is not entirely true. Without naming names there are some prominent projects/devs that would not qualify for this.
If you're going to make statements like that, you should point names or at least specific cases.
I would say, yes, Clojure is pretty much governed by the benevolent dictator model. Is that bad? What is the alternative? Design-by-committee model where the language/project/library goes in 100 different directions with mostly questionable quality?
Re: Ask HN: Which open source projects have kind, supportive, talented teams?
#98Find the projects that speak to you then check in on the communities. Contributing to open source is first and foremost _work_. A community can turn you off from participating, but the motivation to contribute only comes from the product. And you might be surprised at the difference between what it's like to contribute to any random project compared to what a "news" blogger that needs to generate hits wants you to th…
Some big projects (Fedora, OpenBSD etc.) are deserving of their reputations for having toxic communities.
I've never experienced such condescension online as from the pricks on the Fedora IRC channels.
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#99Openbsd.org
You are kidding aren't you?
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#100React. I'm constantly impressed by Ben Alpert's[1] patience and response time and ability to answer questions all over the internet. 1. http://stackoverflow.com/tags/reactjs/topusers
I appreciate you saying that. Thank you.