(Easy) ways to help struggling open source projects
(Easy) ways to help struggling open source projects
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step in and help review a few PRs
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help the project triage/reproduce bugs
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if code in the PR looks complicated or is hard to understand, ask for an explanation
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express your gratitude to the maintainers
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make your company sponsor projects they depend on
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is "step in and help review a few PRs" really that helpful? like... oh great, now this one person that i don't trust is telling me that the other person that i don't trust made some code that i should merge
How does one become trusted? If they regularly review and provide feedback that you agree with it can really speed up the process, even if you're still double checking.
Exactly. At first it means nothing. Over time they can begin to trust you.