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>> what possibly could I create, so that other people would find it useful? It seemed like everything was already there I do not understand the problem. Just l

>> what possibly could I create, so that other people would find it useful? It seemed like everything was already there I do not understand the problem. Just look at the high-priority projects by FSF [0]. There is a plenty of work to do... [0] http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/ http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/

scrollaway 10y ago
There's a reason these projects have been on that page practically forever. They are all highly specialized, require a lot of domain knowledge and a significant effort.
- martin_a 10y ago
  I think Gnash could be kicked from that list. Let Flash die.
  - scrollaway 10y ago
    Shumway is far more promising and it's backed by Mozilla, which does have the domain knowledge. https://mozilla.github.io/shumway/ https://mozilla.github.io/shumway/
- nextos 10y ago
  Their list is a bit outdated I think. Some items are still relevant, but IMHO some big priorities are: * OS packaging tools that provide sandboxing and dependency resolution, in a saner way than containers. Contributing to Guix or Nix would be ideal. * A mobile OS that has at least a completely free userland. In the short term, only Android derivatives seem plausible. The Guardian Project + Copperhead OS + F-Droid alliance seems very interesting and worth contributing to: https://guardianproject.info/2016/03/28/copperhead-guardian-project-and-f-droid-partner-to-build-open-verifiably-secure-mobile-ecosystem/ https://guardianproject.info/2016/03/28/copperhead-guardian-... * Decent multi-device messaging, to replace WhatsApp et al. Something like Matrix or Ring, or Signal without Google Cloud Messaging.
dozzie 10y ago
I do understand him. He probably cares about none of these things, and for all things he does care he probably saw a library or framework or something similar. This gives him false impression that there's nothing more to do, or at least it requires great cleverness to think something up. I take my ideas from my job. I mostly think of myself as a sysadmin, but I write in several languages, I'm interested in data processing (which leads me to various places, like topic maps, indexing semi-structured data, or event stream processing), and I see what we have to work with logs, with monitoring, with infrastructure inventory, and with documentation. This gives plenty of projects to improve my field, I just don't have the energy to carry them all out.
- spetz 10y ago
  So true, just because there's hundreds of tools or services out there, it doesn't mean that they cover all of the possible aspects.
ben_jones 10y ago
I get asked by all my graduating friends how they can beef up their resume with github contributions. None of them know where to start. My advice is usually "Find a project you think is cool and write documentation, write test cases, and help people in the github issues."
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scrollaway 10y ago

There's a reason these projects have been on that page practically forever. They are all highly specialized, require a lot of domain knowledge and a significant effort.

martin_a 10y ago
I think Gnash could be kicked from that list. Let Flash die.
- scrollaway 10y ago
  Shumway is far more promising and it's backed by Mozilla, which does have the domain knowledge. https://mozilla.github.io/shumway/ https://mozilla.github.io/shumway/
nextos 10y ago
Their list is a bit outdated I think. Some items are still relevant, but IMHO some big priorities are: * OS packaging tools that provide sandboxing and dependency resolution, in a saner way than containers. Contributing to Guix or Nix would be ideal. * A mobile OS that has at least a completely free userland. In the short term, only Android derivatives seem plausible. The Guardian Project + Copperhead OS + F-Droid alliance seems very interesting and worth contributing to: https://guardianproject.info/2016/03/28/copperhead-guardian-project-and-f-droid-partner-to-build-open-verifiably-secure-mobile-ecosystem/ https://guardianproject.info/2016/03/28/copperhead-guardian-... * Decent multi-device messaging, to replace WhatsApp et al. Something like Matrix or Ring, or Signal without Google Cloud Messaging.

dozzie 10y ago

I do understand him. He probably cares about none of these things, and for all things he does care he probably saw a library or framework or something similar. This gives him false impression that there's nothing more to do, or at least it requires great cleverness to think something up. I take my ideas from my job. I mostly think of myself as a sysadmin, but I write in several languages, I'm interested in data processing (which leads me to various places, like topic maps, indexing semi-structured data, or event stream processing), and I see what we have to work with logs, with monitoring, with infrastructure inventory, and with documentation. This gives plenty of projects to improve my field, I just don't have the energy to carry them all out.

spetz 10y ago
So true, just because there's hundreds of tools or services out there, it doesn't mean that they cover all of the possible aspects.

ben_jones 10y ago

I get asked by all my graduating friends how they can beef up their resume with github contributions. None of them know where to start. My advice is usually "Find a project you think is cool and write documentation, write test cases, and help people in the github issues."

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