Your project's README is your project's constitution
Read OriginalThis article argues that a project's README should be treated as its foundational constitution, not just marketing or documentation. It details how clearly stating the project's core goals and purpose in the README helps maintain focus, guides feature development, and provides an objective framework for evaluating pull requests and preventing scope creep, leading to healthier open-source projects.
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