What’s it like to work on Open Source projects? They’re all the same aren’t they? No, they’re not - the longer I worked on Open Source the more I realize how different the experience is for each one of them. Walk with me through some stories that happened to me in Open Source and let’s see what we can take away.

2. First contact

3. gedit

5. gedit

6. gedit

8. THE END

9. THE END
needless work

10. THE END
needless work
missing triaging

11. THE END
needless work
missing triaging
no appreciation

12. THE END
needless work
missing triaging
frustration
no appreciation

13. Stories in Open Source
Tobias Pfeiffer
@PragTob
pragtob.info

17. Shoes.app width: 300, height: 200 do
background lime..blue
stack do
para "Welcome to the world of Shoes!"
button "Click me" do
alert "Nice click!"
end
end
image "http://shoesrb.com/img/shoes-icon.png",
margin_top: 20, margin_left: 10
end
end

20. Welcoming, friendly & helpful

21. OSS friends

22. Give people access

23. Release early, release often

24. You are not your OSS

25. class Dog
def bark
puts 'Woooof'
end
end
Dog.extend AfterDo
Dog.after :bark do puts 'I just heard a dog bark!' end
dog = Dog.new
dog.bark
# Output is:
# Woooof
# I just heard a dog bark!
after_do

27. micro libraries are great

28. micro libraries are great
usage is wild

29. list = Enum.to_list(1..10_000)
map_fun = fn i -> [i, i * i] end
Benchee.run(
%{
"flat_map" => fn -> Enum.flat_map(list, map_fun) end,
"map.flatten" => fn -> list |> Enum.map(map_fun) |> List.flatten() end
},
time: 10,
memory_time: 2
)
benchee

31. learn as you go

32. learn as you go
better isn’t enough

33. learn as you go
better isn’t enough
co-maintainers

34. We made it!

35. SimpleCov

37. “legacy” OSS

38. “legacy” OSS
joy of impact

39. “legacy” OSS
joy of impact
integration nightmares

40. OSS @ work

41. OSS @ work

42. OSS @ work
Responsible?

43. OSS @ work
Responsible?
Dedication

44. COVID hits

45. Russia further invades Ukraine

46. Layoffs and Stress at work

47. Degrading bunny health

49. Back to the first talk

50. Back to the first talk
OSS is made of people

51. OSS OWES
YOU 💩

52. I OWE
YOU 💩

53. BUT I 💚
CREATING

54. TAKE
CARE

55. BE NICE

56. First steps into
OSS

57. Please report issues!

58. Be nice!

59. Be nice!
Minimize

60. Be nice!
Minimize
Reproduce

62. Discuss!

63. (Maybe) add a PR!

64. OSS vs Work

66. OSS
Be nice!

67. OSS
Be nice!
Your OSS, your time

68. OSS
Be nice!
Your OSS, your time
Adoption takes time

69. OSS
seemingly even less diverse

70. OSS
seemingly even less diverse
is this sustainable?

71. OSS
seemingly even less diverse
is this sustainable?
what about people using OSS for “evil”?

73. friends

74. friends

75. friends

76. friends
first talks

77. friends
first talks

78. friends
first talks

79. friends
first talks

80. friends
first talks
learning

81. friends
first talks
learning
all other projects

82. friends
first talks
learning
all other projects

83. @PragTob
Enjoy OSS