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Projects should not try to start that big directly. Remember the Linux Kernel first announce: «I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big a
by StreakyCobra 10y ago
Projects should not try to start that big directly. Remember the Linux Kernel first announce: «I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and
professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.». It takes a lot of year to arrive to the project it is now. Another example is Spacemacs, now with close to 10'000 stars on github. It took 2 years of contributions from the author before any external contribution has been made (https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/graphs/contributors https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs/graphs/contributors).
But anyway it's priceless to have in mind the big pictures and all steps needed to build a strong community for an open-source project right from the beginning :-)
- JoeAltmaier 10y agoNot so sure. The vast majority of open-source projects have 1 or 2 contributors. Probably not necessary to prepare for widespread adoption and fame for most of us.
- StreakyCobra 10y agoIndeed, so it's probably just be my own curiosity that leads me to find this priceless.