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I did something similar with a project I lost interest in several years ago (https://github.com/dbfit/dbfit https://github.com/dbfit/dbfit - table-oriented data
by adzicg 10y ago
I did something similar with a project I lost interest in several years ago (https://github.com/dbfit/dbfit https://github.com/dbfit/dbfit - table-oriented database unit testing). Just gave over commit rights, and there's a whole bunch of people writing code for it and maintaining it now, still going strong. I occasionally look at the github repo, and always end up amazed how much it's moved on.
- zschallz 10y agoWe use DbFit every day at our shop. It's really changed how we work (as DB developers). Was funny that I thought of this project right after reading this article, and how I should probably try and contribute, then I see this in the comments. :) Thanks!
- adzicg 10y agonice :) I built DbFit at a time when I was getting a lot of work helping companies with a huge investment in oracle pl-sql, but my interests moved on, and for a while it just felt I was holding the project back. People wanted to implement new things, support new databases, I felt overprotective of the design, but didn't have enough time to bring new contributors onboard. So I just kind of gave up, and that allowed me to think about it from a completely different perspective. If I just deleted it, then I wouldn't care too much about it any more. Giving away the keys was kind of the same, but without preventing others from contributing. And it worked out great.