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Ask HN: Open-source water cooler locations

11 points by armini 4y ago

Hi HN, It seems like every open source community is managed in a different location or channel (e.g. slack, discord & subreddit). Are you able to share where you visit & which community it relates to? I’d be happy to collate that list into a document for everyone: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/14bNirWxNAU83VOSYedcXf_uuHD9D8TvUJJn2iLsOnyg/edit?usp=sharing This is a great way for open source maintainers to find places to promote their projects & packages. Sorry in advance if this is a duplicate request, please also let me know if such a list already exists.

pabs3 4y ago
None of the projects I visit use proprietary communications tools, they are all on IRC (OFTC/Libera) and or mailing lists.
- armini 4y ago
  Is there a place people can sign up for the mailing list or find the IRC details?
  - pabs3 4y ago
    There are hundreds of projects like that. One example: https://wiki.debian.org/IRC https://wiki.debian.org/IRC https://lists.debian.org/ https://lists.debian.org/
    - armini 4y ago
      Do you find these mailing lists helpful or there’s more noise that requires you to filter out? I’m on a few & don’t seem to get much value from an open source maintainer perspective.
      - pabs3 4y ago
        The lists and IRC are where everything happens.
abrahms 4y ago
Various foundations (CDF, CNCF, etc)
- armini 4y ago
  Yeah good point, problem is how do small/upcoming maintainers promote their work or get noticed in those ecosystems?
shapefrog 4y ago
Dropped in thinking the title was literal. Stay hydrated.
- armini 4y ago
  You’re right, I should have done a better title