given the absolute fucking state of the open source community in general, and the fact that hacker news of all places is where the majority of new open source projects get discovered, is there any interest in starting a community here where folks can announce and solicit for help with their open source projects?
we could possibly use NotAwfulTech, but:
- I kind of want to keep self-promotion out of that community
- my code is probably awful for everyone else, that’s why I’m seeking contributors
let me know if anyone’s down for the new community or wants to expand the scope of NotAwfulTech to include stuff like this. if you’re on team new community also feel free to suggest a name
I’m using open source as more of a term of convenience than its strict OSI definition, but regardless I feel strongly that those types of contributions should be welcomed by open source projects. a contribution absolutely doesn’t have to be code to be worthwhile, and there’s so many open source projects just dying for any design attention at all. a lot of the projects that get that kind of attention get it from corporations, which then use their position as a lever to control the direction of the project as a whole. there’s no reason it should be like this, but the more toxic elements of hacker culture make open source projects unfriendly places for most designers.