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lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

(Easy) ways to help struggling open source projects

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(Easy) ways to help struggling open source projects

lemmyreader@lemmy.ml to Open Source@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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  • step in and help review a few PRs

  • help the project triage/reproduce bugs

  • if code in the PR looks complicated or is hard to understand, ask for an explanation

  • express your gratitude to the maintainers

  • make your company sponsor projects they depend on

https://mastodon.social/@bagder/112194895793007918

Daniel is the creator of cURL : https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2021/03/30/howto-backdoor-curl/

  • Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works
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    Sometimes an open source project is too niche for anyone to take notice. I myself am developing a networking reliability layer ported from C to modern C++ and I’ve yet to see a person use it except yours truly. Sad truth.

    • lemmyreader@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 year ago

      😐 Care to share the project web link ?

      • Gallardo994@sh.itjust.works
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        1 year ago

        https://github.com/Gallardo994/imkcpp

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          👍

          Your project shows 6 stars and 1 watching. 6 open and 6 closed issues. Not bad.

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