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It's great that it's still around and still seems to be updated. Since it seems that they laid off the entire team in 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id

It's great that it's still around and still seems to be updated. Since it seems that they laid off the entire team in 2020: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24132494 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24132494 Or did they re-hire?

thesdev 1y ago
A big part of it is OpenWebDocs, which is a mix of volunteers and tech companies. https://openwebdocs.org https://openwebdocs.org
- snorlaxmorlax 1y ago
  OpenWebDocs is a great partner of MDN! We celebrated this big milestone with them. <3 If you'd like to take a look at our partners page → https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_partners https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_partners
onli 1y ago
Yeah, it is baffling. Why would a Mozilla domain celebrate mdn's birthday if Mozilla tried to kill it and laid off the complete team that ran it?
- quesera 1y ago
  I'm always happy to see organizations that are able to learn from their mistakes. But yeah, your reaction was also my first. I really dislike how much I worry about Mozilla. I'm not an anxious person, but Mozilla is so important and so frequently seemingly unaware of the reasons.
homebrewer 1y ago
The code is open, it's easy to check who's contributing what: https://github.com/mdn/content/pulse/monthly https://github.com/mdn/content/pulse/monthly tl;dr: a slight majority of the recent top contributors do not appear to be Mozilla employees: I'm seeing Yale, several freelancers (paid by Mozilla?), and a bunch of random companies.
- snorlaxmorlax 1y ago
  Hi, I'm part of the MDN team, and you're absolutely right! We’re fortunate to have a wide network of contributors, contractors, and partners who help us keep MDN accurate and up to date. As an open-source project, we deeply value and appreciate the incredible support we receive in building and maintaining extensive MDN content.
snorlaxmorlax 1y ago
Hi, I'm from of the MDN team. While the team was briefly scaled down to just two members and a few contractors, we've since grown significantly. Today, MDN is supported by a thriving team of 15, comprising core staff, contractors, and a broad network of partners and contributors who generously share their expertise to keep MDN strong and up to date. Our team → https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_team https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_team
- jve 1y ago
  Good to know. The last bit of news that was stuck in my mind that MDN is no more maintained :)
- vntok 1y ago
  To be honest, the page you linked is a bit difficult to parse; there are people who work "with" MDN, "in" MDN, "on" MDN, who "joined" MDN, etc. Can you share how many people are actually full time employees vs freelancers?
  - snorlaxmorlax 1y ago
    Happy to share, sure. We have 12 full-time employees working on MDN and 3 freelancers.

thesdev 1y ago

A big part of it is OpenWebDocs, which is a mix of volunteers and tech companies. https://openwebdocs.org https://openwebdocs.org

snorlaxmorlax 1y ago
OpenWebDocs is a great partner of MDN! We celebrated this big milestone with them. <3 If you'd like to take a look at our partners page → https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_partners https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_partners

onli 1y ago

Yeah, it is baffling. Why would a Mozilla domain celebrate mdn's birthday if Mozilla tried to kill it and laid off the complete team that ran it?

quesera 1y ago
I'm always happy to see organizations that are able to learn from their mistakes. But yeah, your reaction was also my first. I really dislike how much I worry about Mozilla. I'm not an anxious person, but Mozilla is so important and so frequently seemingly unaware of the reasons.

homebrewer 1y ago

The code is open, it's easy to check who's contributing what: https://github.com/mdn/content/pulse/monthly https://github.com/mdn/content/pulse/monthly tl;dr: a slight majority of the recent top contributors do not appear to be Mozilla employees: I'm seeing Yale, several freelancers (paid by Mozilla?), and a bunch of random companies.

snorlaxmorlax 1y ago
Hi, I'm part of the MDN team, and you're absolutely right! We’re fortunate to have a wide network of contributors, contractors, and partners who help us keep MDN accurate and up to date. As an open-source project, we deeply value and appreciate the incredible support we receive in building and maintaining extensive MDN content.

snorlaxmorlax 1y ago

Hi, I'm from of the MDN team. While the team was briefly scaled down to just two members and a few contractors, we've since grown significantly. Today, MDN is supported by a thriving team of 15, comprising core staff, contractors, and a broad network of partners and contributors who generously share their expertise to keep MDN strong and up to date. Our team → https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_team https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/about#our_team

jve 1y ago
Good to know. The last bit of news that was stuck in my mind that MDN is no more maintained :)
vntok 1y ago
To be honest, the page you linked is a bit difficult to parse; there are people who work "with" MDN, "in" MDN, "on" MDN, who "joined" MDN, etc. Can you share how many people are actually full time employees vs freelancers?
- snorlaxmorlax 1y ago
  Happy to share, sure. We have 12 full-time employees working on MDN and 3 freelancers.