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Not everyone has time to get into an entire community / culture when they just need to use tools.

• bdcravens 11y ago
  I think monitoring the repository for an open source project you depend on is critical. Even if you're not trying to be cutting edge, we have several years of security incidents that tell us that you can't turn a blind eye.
• coldtea 11y ago
  On the contrary. It's when you need to use the tools when you most have to get into the community/culture. If you just wanna learn something as a hobby, have fun, etc, then you don't have to do anything. But knowing about the product, its community and its release roadmap is essential for anything you want to use to put something in production. Actually it's essential for even considering to use this technology over another. And I wont even get into security and stability issues that a closer look at the project will make you aware of sooner.