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2026

Maintainer’s Guide to Hackfestsoriginal ↗
2 Sept 2026
Removing inactive maintainersoriginal ↗
26 Aug 2026
The J curve, or: it gets worse before it gets betteroriginal ↗
19 Aug 2026
Be prepared for big feelings when you take something awayoriginal ↗
12 Aug 2026
How to close issuesoriginal ↗
22 Jul 2026
The importance — or not — of reputationoriginal ↗
15 Jul 2026
You probably don’t need an LTS releaseoriginal ↗
10 Jul 2026
What size project needs a code of conduct?original ↗
2 Jul 2026
Not all policy enforcement needs to be automatedoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2026
Taking a break is goodoriginal ↗
17 Jun 2026
How to triage security reportsoriginal ↗
20 May 2026
Every project has politicsoriginal ↗
14 May 2026
The best way to setup a kanban boardoriginal ↗
15 Apr 2026
Handling a PR disaster for your projectoriginal ↗
8 Apr 2026
A trust paradoxoriginal ↗
18 Mar 2026
You’d better start believing in supply chains because you’re in one (SCaLE 23x)original ↗
8 Mar 2026
Trust in open source communitiesoriginal ↗
25 Feb 2026
What does it mean to be welcoming?original ↗
11 Feb 2026
Sometimes saying less is moreoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026
New metrics resource page and update AI policy linksoriginal ↗
4 Feb 2026
Open conversations are worthwhileoriginal ↗
28 Jan 2026
Use your labelsoriginal ↗
21 Jan 2026
Measuring contributor affiliations is complicatedoriginal ↗
14 Jan 2026
GitHub Discussions versus Discourseoriginal ↗
7 Jan 2026
Open source trends for 2026original ↗
1 Jan 2026

2025

Reviewing open source trends in 2025original ↗
31 Dec 2025
How quickly should you fix vulnerabilities?original ↗
24 Dec 2025
Invalid bug reports are sometimes documentation bugsoriginal ↗
17 Dec 2025
The do’s and don’ts of measuring contributions “outside of working hours”original ↗
10 Dec 2025
Pragmatic Bookshelf half-off sale!original ↗
25 Nov 2025
curl’s zero issuesoriginal ↗
19 Nov 2025
Giving contribution gifts: the risks and rewardsoriginal ↗
5 Nov 2025
Splitting conversations splits communityoriginal ↗
15 Oct 2025
Ruby Central’s lesson in how not to do itoriginal ↗
8 Oct 2025
The solution to deadlines is usually “cut scope”original ↗
1 Oct 2025
Flash sale on all Pragmatic Bookshelf titlesoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2025
Planning ahead is the most important part of code of conduct enforcementoriginal ↗
17 Sept 2025
Keynote: Improving Security Data With ORBIToriginal ↗
28 Aug 2025
GUAC+Trustify: Building a Common Supply Chain Knowledge Graph (OpenSSF Community Day)original ↗
28 Aug 2025
Who is a “member” of your project?original ↗
27 Aug 2025
Duplicate bug reports and how to handle themoriginal ↗
20 Aug 2025
Who should enforce the code of conduct?original ↗
13 Aug 2025
It’s okay to stop doing thingsoriginal ↗
30 Jul 2025
You can only expect the help you ask fororiginal ↗
23 Jul 2025
Using AI moderation toolsoriginal ↗
2 Jul 2025
Your only obligations are the promises you makeoriginal ↗
25 Jun 2025
The right tool is the one people can useoriginal ↗
4 Jun 2025
It’s okay to be partial to your workoriginal ↗
28 May 2025
Growing your project means doing less codingoriginal ↗
21 May 2025
Adding pre-report bug discussionoriginal ↗
14 May 2025
Use reserved domains and IPs in examplesoriginal ↗
7 May 2025
Facilitating decisions is more important than making themoriginal ↗
19 Mar 2025
Helping your project survive the loss of core contributorsoriginal ↗
12 Mar 2025
Rules and policies are necessary to define good behaviororiginal ↗
5 Mar 2025
Every project is a software projectoriginal ↗
26 Feb 2025
Improvement requires contextoriginal ↗
19 Feb 2025
Prioritizing your work with the Eisenhower Matrixoriginal ↗
12 Feb 2025
Open source projects don’t exist separately from the outside worldoriginal ↗
5 Feb 2025
CalVer is many schemesoriginal ↗
29 Jan 2025
Prioritizing work in the project with the MoSCoW methodoriginal ↗
22 Jan 2025
The “O” in “FOSS” does not stand for “obligation”original ↗
15 Jan 2025
Open source trends for 2025original ↗
8 Jan 2025
Reviewing open source trends in 2024original ↗
1 Jan 2025

2024

Moderation queues need contextoriginal ↗
18 Dec 2024
The real problem with end-of-life softwareoriginal ↗
11 Dec 2024
The best way to make a decision is to decideoriginal ↗
4 Dec 2024
Innovation Happens Elsewhere: now in a portable formoriginal ↗
27 Nov 2024
ccTLDs are bad for your projectoriginal ↗
20 Nov 2024
Communities aren’t an accidental collection of strangers with a common interestoriginal ↗
13 Nov 2024
Open source is not consent for experimentsoriginal ↗
9 Oct 2024
Building a community still means giving up controloriginal ↗
2 Oct 2024
Code style guides are for cooperation, not preferencesoriginal ↗
25 Sept 2024
It’s okay to not do thingsoriginal ↗
18 Sept 2024
The future of first-party open source eventsoriginal ↗
4 Sept 2024
Strategic use of bikesheddingoriginal ↗
28 Aug 2024
Companies: make sustainable contributionsoriginal ↗
21 Aug 2024
Volunteers can’t be blockersoriginal ↗
15 Aug 2024
“Helping” versus being helpfuloriginal ↗
7 Aug 2024
When to add QA to your projectoriginal ↗
31 Jul 2024
A veneer of organizationoriginal ↗
24 Jul 2024
Your project is political, people’s identities aren’toriginal ↗
10 Jul 2024
“Finished” and “no longer developed” aren’t the sameoriginal ↗
3 Jul 2024
Tasks and projects: what’s the difference?original ↗
26 Jun 2024
Membership needs a removal processoriginal ↗
19 Jun 2024
The easy fixes probably aren’t in your codeoriginal ↗
12 Jun 2024
Public mistakes are a feature of open sourceoriginal ↗
5 Jun 2024
Write a vision and mission statement for your projectoriginal ↗
22 May 2024
Combinatorial releases won’t helporiginal ↗
15 May 2024
Use care in examples and placeholdersoriginal ↗
8 May 2024
Release announcements must be a part of your processoriginal ↗
1 May 2024
Considering the wishes of upstream projectsoriginal ↗
26 Apr 2024
On “predetermined” outcomesoriginal ↗
24 Apr 2024
Should you prohibit pseudonyms?original ↗
19 Apr 2024
Cancelling meetings isn’t a magical fixoriginal ↗
17 Apr 2024
What goes in a release schedule?original ↗
12 Apr 2024
Avoiding hero work pays off in the long runoriginal ↗
10 Apr 2024
How to take notes at meetingsoriginal ↗
5 Apr 2024
“Field of Dreams” is not a strategy for community growthoriginal ↗
3 Apr 2024
Getting started is just the startoriginal ↗
29 Mar 2024
License changes are API changesoriginal ↗
27 Mar 2024
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