Individually, I think was able to make some good contributions throughout the past few weeks.

Things have been moving a little slower the last few days.

Business trends are making software more expensive and moving ownership away from the customer.

Thoughts on development using the Cathedral vs the Bazaar Model

Development within a silo, all alone, can be very detrimental to a project. Your perspective is influenced by you and if you have a customer, them.

This last week I took the time to read The Cathedral and the Bazaar by Eric S. Raymond and found some of his points quite interesting.

I have been noting down possible features and bugs we can work on, created a pull request to modify someone else’s pull request, and updated the Keycloak Wikipedia page with hyperlinks.

Group reports / standups

Listening to other groups perform their standups put into perspective the speed our team is able to work at.

Group work

Our group began by scheduling a meeting and evaluating the projects we were interested in together.

Finding preferred projects

To prepare for choosing the projects we would soon choose to contribute to for the rest of the semester, I completed new evaluations and followed different Getting Started processes.

This week’s presentations

Watching each presentation, my main thought was “would I download this”?

What’s Next?

My pull request was merged! It took some back and forth and modification, but in the end, it was accepted.

Reworking My Work:

Some open source projects are difficult to support. Sure, they tell you how to contribute, but they don’t tell you how to contribute.

Codes of Conduct:

This week in class we explored different codes of conduct. A CoC isn’t just another markdown file you can add to a repository. It allows you to define and shape how a project’s community interacts.

Having a Code of Conduct document for a project has different benifits. It sets a standard for how contributors must act and resolve conflict in order to ensure the community behind the project is healthy. It lets potential contributors know that the people working on the project have values and that they care about their community - which can in turn encourage people to join.

Thoughts on Open Source:

When I hear the term “open source”, I think about the demystification of software. You can pull back the curtains, and see the code that enables us to do so much.