ByDan Knauss
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“Writing open source software and staying sane while at it” is sage advice from Sebastian De Deyne. 🤪
Some highlights: Write your library’s docs as soon as possible, spy on others in the same ecosystem, and tag stable versions early.
The best tip for me: Don’t overcomplicate! If you don’t need a feature, don’t build it.
I’ve been thinking more today about forking pre-existing code for new projects, and how Pippin Williamson was happy to see the Give team fork Easy Digital Downloads. At first, it may seem difficult to feel happy about your work being forked and utilized for a separate project. But as I considered it, I further understood…
Misogyny is alive and well in WordPress, but it doesn’t have to be. If we work together, we can make it an even safer space for all.
Successfully crowdfunding open source development is difficult, but not impossible. Here are some of the lessons I took away from my Kickstarter project, “A more RESTful WP-CLI.”
Justin Tadlock has written about the four core freedoms of open source, and warned that with some of the WooThemes drama that happened in the last couple of weeks, he heard some words and tones that didn’t match the ethos of open source freedoms. I may have missed exactly where people were slamming the ethics…
If you’re looking for new WordPress podcasts, check out the #PressForward Podcast. Supported by WP&UP and hosted by Nathan Wrigley, #PressForward’s weekly episodes focus on helping us maintain healthy minds, bodies, businesses, and skills in the WordPress community. 🎙️ I listened to the first episode with WP&UP founder Dan Maby and liked what I heard,…
Salvatore Sanfilippo has a brief but insightful take on “the open source paradox,” which is “the proportionality between the money people give you for coding something, and the level of demand for the quality they can claim to have about your work.” On the one hand, “[t]he real right you have, and often don’t exploit,…
