A guide for FOSS community leaders on handling reactionary agitators, contrasting ineffective and effective response strategies.
A new Django Software Foundation board member shares their experience and reflections from attending their first official board meeting.
A talk on the responsibilities of open-source library maintainers, focusing on community interaction, documentation, and support beyond just coding.
FDO bans Hyprland maintainer Vaxry for toxic behavior, sparking public debate about community conduct and enforcement in open-source projects.
A critique of the Hyprland Wayland compositor's toxic community culture, citing hateful behavior and lack of moderation.
Analyzes why large online tech mentorship communities often fail, exploring issues like free services undervalued and lack of meaningful engagement.
A critique of PINE64's shift away from community-driven development towards a Manjaro-focused model, harming its open-source ethos.
Argues against using Discord for FOSS projects due to its proprietary nature, which excludes users and conflicts with free software principles.
Scikit-learn foundation seeks a community and partnerships developer to grow the open-source ecosystem and foster industry sponsorships.
A guide offering practical advice for managing large open source communities, covering automation, governance, and moderation.
Final post in a series on managing open source communities, focusing on moderation strategies like codes of conduct and tiered tools.
Practical advice for establishing and operationalizing governance in mature open source projects, covering ownership, security, and contributor roles.
A guide for open source maintainers on communicating with their community, covering release notes, GitHub releases, and using Twitter for announcements.
A guide on building a user community for an open source project, covering how to handle user queries and set up GitHub issue templates.
Kent C. Dodds explains why he is reducing his involvement in open source and direct support to focus on family and commitments.
A software engineer discusses the need for due process in conference codes of conduct, based on personal experience of being disinvited.
An analysis of Hacktoberfest's challenges, focusing on low-quality contributions and strategies for maintainers to manage them effectively.
Explores automating open source community tasks like code review and issue management using CI tools and bots to scale projects efficiently.
A guide for open source maintainers on how to build a welcoming community and effectively manage contributions to scale their projects.
How to use the free version of Microsoft Teams to share files with a community, including creating anonymous view-only links via SharePoint.
