There's More to Open Source than Code
- 1. There's More to Open Source than Code Ramón Huidobro @hola_soy_milk
- 2. I’m Ramón. (he/him) From , living in OSS DevRel Engineer at Suborbital DevRel consultant Developer Educator Community member Kids’ coding coach Live streamer
- 6. How do we contribute to Open Source?
- 10. So let’s talk about Non-Code Contributions
- 11. Any contributions that don’t involve writing code.
- 12. They’re amazing, they’re essential, and I recommend doing them
- 13. But why? I can just write code!
- 14. There’s more to Open Source than Code
- 18. No really, why?
- 19. Getting out of the comfort zone
- 20. Helping a Project Thrive
- 23. What are some types of non-code contributions?
- 24. Documentation
- 27. Blogging
- 29. Trying stuff out
- 31. Issue Triage
- 34. Code Reviews
- 40. Localising
- 45. Creating Assets
- 46. Giving Talks
- 48. Video Content
- 50. Social Media
- 51. Content Curation
- 54. Moderation
- 56. Mentorship
- 57. As a code contributor, what can I do to facilitate these?
- 59. Tag issues
- 62. Action Items 1. Identify problems 2. Map out solutions 3. Propose solutions (open issues/PRs) 4. Circle back to future contributions 5. Practise continued Open Source Etiquette
- 63. Resources: ● Non-code Contributions at Kubernetes: https://www.kubernetes.dev/docs/guide/non-code-contribu tions/ ● How to Make Non-Code Contributions: https://navendu.me/posts/non-code-contributions-to-open- source/ ● My slides: https://ramonh.dev/non-code-contributions.pdf ● Open Source Etiquette: https://developer.mozilla.org/ en-US/docs/MDN/Contribute/Open_source_etiquette ● Working in Public: https://nadia.xyz/