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Re: Github turns five

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Post by hkmurakami »

rohitnair wrote: post #48
fudged71 wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In which ways do you contribute to OSS on github without being a coder? Through issues?

From his website, "In my spare time, I contribute to the open source Fluentd Project's documentation." In fact, you probably don't even need to understand Git, since pretty much everything can be done via the browser now. Clicking on the "Edit" button on README/documentation pages automatically forks the repo and makes it trivial to submit patches.

Yup :) I'm involved with the docs.

While it's true that everything can be done in the browser, "saving = committing" there so I prefer to use the terminal and emacs.

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Post by hkmurakami »

qznc wrote: post #68
fudged71 wrote: post #39

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In which ways do you contribute to OSS on github without being a coder? Through issues?

Probably the biggest contribution a non-coder could do is bug-triaging, which means: Look into newly reported issues and try to reproduce them and check for duplicate issues. In the best case, you can simply reproduce it. Then say so in a comment to the issue. However more probable, you have to ask the reporter for more details or try different versions and environments.

I've been meaning to do this with Firefox but haven't been able to get around to it :(

Re: Github turns five

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Post by FireBeyond »

ryguytilidie wrote: post #66
veidr wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Github is probably one of the biggest innovations in web since Google. I love GitHub as much as the next guy, but 99% of Internet users neither know what git is, nor have any need of it. There are a little more than a million users. (EDIT: well no, there are now 3 million.[2]) By contrast, Google is used by over a billion people every month.[1] [1]: http://www.statista.com/topics/1001/google/chart/899/unique-... [2…

Doesn't matter that 99% of people don't know what it is because 99% of people are using software built with it.

[citation needed] - highly doubtful.

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Post by jbarnette »

wycats wrote: post #43
trustfundbaby wrote: post #4

I LOVE github, their little project forever changed the way I think about & write software, and their ideas (blogposts/presentations) about how to build software are truly a massive inspiration for me. PS: Would be awesome to see who has the oldest github account on here. I joined April 20 2008.

January 11, 2008. User id 4[1] :D [1]: https://api.github.com/users/wycats

NilClass.

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Post by saraid216 »

recursive wrote: post #108
nateleiby wrote: post #100

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Perhaps only part of the resume. As a programmer, seeing real code, quality of commits, and working example projects made a big impression on me when recruiting intern-level developers. Also can see engagement with OSS, if applicable. Would be curious what sort of companies (size, location, focus, developer-to-other ratio) you're applying to and who they're seeking. Thanks!

A few months back, I was applying for developer positions in northern California. Most of my professional experience is in .net, but I applied for all kinds of work, including a rails position. I'm not sure what the average dev/total ratio was for all those, but it's roughly 1/3 where I ended up, with a total size of less than 50. Github was never mentioned during any of my interviews, except occasionally by me to sa…

I've had my Github account on my resume for a while now, and the last time I had an interview, they literally pulled it up while I was there and made some comments about it. It didn't seem like a huge factor in their decision, though.

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Post by saraid216 »

Avshalom wrote: post #92
DigitalSea wrote: post #56

Github is probably one of the biggest innovations in web since Google. Sourceforge was okay, but it felt clunky and inaccessible, not to mention it lacked really any kind of social aspect. Github brought source control to the mainstream and made open source cool again and made it felt like an actual social thing as opposed to single developers making commits without context to a repository. If it weren't for Github I…

Sourceforge was a lot less clunky and inaccessible 10 years ago. In '04/'05 they did a big site redesign that basically killed it. That's part of why github took off, a lot of people were waiting for the next old sourceforge.

I don't remember Sourceforge ever being anything but clunky and inaccessible, even back then. To be fair, I wasn't much of a programmer at that time, either.

Re: Github turns five

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Post by ExpiredLink »

veidr wrote: post #59
DigitalSea wrote: post #56

Github is probably one of the biggest innovations in web since Google. Sourceforge was okay, but it felt clunky and inaccessible, not to mention it lacked really any kind of social aspect. Github brought source control to the mainstream and made open source cool again and made it felt like an actual social thing as opposed to single developers making commits without context to a repository. If it weren't for Github I…

> Github is probably one of the biggest innovations in web since Google. I love GitHub as much as the next guy, but 99% of Internet users neither know what git is, nor have any need of it. There are a little more than a million users. (EDIT: well no, there are now 3 million.[2]) By contrast, Google is used by over a billion people every month.[1] [1]: http://www.statista.com/topics/1001/google/chart/899/unique-... [2…

BTW, 99% of all Github projects use it as centralized VCS.

Re: Github turns five

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Post by purephase »

Avshalom wrote: post #92
DigitalSea wrote: post #56

Github is probably one of the biggest innovations in web since Google. Sourceforge was okay, but it felt clunky and inaccessible, not to mention it lacked really any kind of social aspect. Github brought source control to the mainstream and made open source cool again and made it felt like an actual social thing as opposed to single developers making commits without context to a repository. If it weren't for Github I…

Sourceforge was a lot less clunky and inaccessible 10 years ago. In '04/'05 they did a big site redesign that basically killed it. That's part of why github took off, a lot of people were waiting for the next old sourceforge.

You clearly remember a different Sourceforge than I do as it was always clunky and inaccessible.
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