hexdevs How to Open Source with Richard Schneeman (schneems)
How to Open Source: Learn the secrets of successful contributors
Recently, Richard published the book “How to Open Source: Learn the secrets of successful contributors". The missing handbook will guide you from making your first contribution to building a sustainable practice.
Listen to and watch our conversation with Richard Schneeman (@schneems) about the book, and how to go from coder to contributor.
Episode Links
- Get to Senior
- Get to Senior Crash Course
- Podcast Interview
- schneems.com
- Richard Schneeman on Twitter
- How to Open Source
- Fearless Change: Learn the secrets of successful contributors
- Watch the interview on YouTube
Chapters
00:00 Intro
02:28 say hello to our cat, bob!
03:25 what prevents developers from contributing to open source?
04:58 the bystander effect
06:42 not comfortable contributing to new repo
08:30 be a lurker: read a PR and leave a thumbs up
10:12 building tiny habits for Open Source
11:19 do you really want to contribute to open source?
13:53 If you contribute to Open Source, can you skip coding interviews?
14:39 do you need a CS degree to contribute to Open Source?
15:14 use a fake account or nickname on GitHub
16:18 what prevents people from contributing more?
17:52 how do you find time to contribute to open source?
19:00 how to do open source work as part of my job?
21:53 how do you find Open Source projects to contribute to?
24:16 how to build a culture of open source at work?
27:20 what is CodeTriage & how it works?
28:56 writing the book How to Open Source
30:07 tips for getting started with open source
32:23 workarounds vs fixing bugs upstream
34:10 can you get promoted by doing open source work?
37:29 open source work and becoming Principal Engineer
40:26 making mistakes in public
41:57 merging the wrong commit in Ruby on Rails
44:39 what if my Pull Request is rejected?
50:00 how to build a contribution practice
55:14 closing remarks