Episode 28
Open Source and Companies with Nell Shamrell-Harrington
January 16th, 2018
39 mins 32 secs
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Open Source and Companies with Nell Shamrell-Harrington
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Nell Shamrell-Harrington: Senior Software Development Engineer at Chef, CTO of Operation Code. nellshamrell.com
Summary
What's it like to run an Open Source project as part of your day job? How does open source change when it's backed by a company? Why is it useful for a company to run open source projects? Nell Shamrell-Harrington, who runs the Habitat project for Chef is on the show to talk about open source contributing and maintenance. You'll come away with some ways to be a better contributor and maintainer.
Notes
01:57 - Nell’s History Working on Open Source
03:37 - Open Source Governance
07:07 - Chef, Having Community Discussions, and Handling RFCs and Contributions
13:48 - Being Involved in DevProgress and Campaign Volunteering as a Developer
20:57 - Closed Source vs Open Source Development
25:48 - Advice for Getting Started in Open Source and Emphasis on Defined Codes of Conduct
27:44 - Accepting & Reviewing Pull Requests and Being Clear on What Tools Are For and Looking For in Contributions
32:29 - Common Mistakes Among Contributors and Maintainers
34:55 - Keeping Open Source Projects Sustainable
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