How open source has made me and the stuff I make better
Kent C. Dodds
Utah
wife, 4 kids, & a dog
PayPal, Inc.
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What this talk is
- How open source makes me better
- How open source makes my software better
What this talk is not
- How to write open source software
- How to make your project super popular
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How has it made me better? 😎
Improve my development skills 🤓
- Understanding and learning from code I did not write
- Integrating my code with code I did not write
- Using various tools, language features, and frameworks that I would not otherwise have taken the time to learn
Improve my interpersonal skills 🤠
- How to communicate effectively with a team of distributed locations and priorities
- How to ask proper questions
- How to get answers from those asking questions
Has helped to get me noticed! 👀
How has it made the stuff I make better? 👍
Documentation is WAY better. 📚
Finding and fixing bugs is improved! 🐛
"given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow"
- Eric Raymond in "The Cathedral and the Bazaar"
Ideas come from others to greatly improve the software 💡
Learn where to draw lines in an abstraction 🙅
It's MUCH easier to say "no" now and "yes" later, than to say "yes" now and backtrack later.
Easier to build and test the component in isolation. ⚠️
With fewer concerns, comes a simpler setup and improved coverage.
Also, it makes you feel good. 💙
Join me for my KnowJS.org training and more!
Resources
Thank you!
How open source has made me and the stuff I make better Kent C. Dodds Utah wife, 4 kids, & a dog PayPal, Inc. @kentcdodds slides.com/kentcdodds/oss-better