Focus on Removing Barriers for Tool Adoption

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Developing a ruthless attitude towards addressing issues in projects can lead to improved functionality. To attract users to your tool, honestly evaluate what might be hindering its adoption by other projects. Consider the trade-offs, user requirements, and benefits your tool offers compared to existing solutions. Minimizing the barriers to entry and offering powerful features incrementally can facilitate smoother adoption of your tool.

Linting is the process of checking source code for programmatic as well as stylistic errors. Ruff is a highly popular Python linter written in Rust. It was developed by Charlie Marsh, who also founded Astral, which is focused on next-generation Python tooling.

Charlie joins the podcast to talk about open source development, Ruff, the UV package installer, and much more.

Josh Goldberg is an independent full time open source developer in the TypeScript ecosystem. He works on projects that help developers write better TypeScript more easily, most notably on typescript-eslint: the tooling that enables ESLint and Prettier to run on TypeScript code. Josh regularly contributes to open source projects in the ecosystem such as ESLint and TypeScript. Josh is a Microsoft MVP for developer technologies and the author of the acclaimed Learning TypeScript (O’Reilly), a cherished resource for any developer seeking to learn TypeScript without any prior experience outside of JavaScript. Josh regularly presents talks and workshops at bootcamps, conferences, and meetups to share knowledge on TypeScript, static analysis, open source, and general frontend and web development.

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