[HN Gopher] How we manage 200 open-source repos
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       How we manage 200 open-source repos
        
       Author : nathanwallace
       Score  : 54 points
       Date   : 2023-10-06 12:07 UTC (10 hours ago)
        
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       | manapause wrote:
       | Steampipes is amazing. It is a light in the darkness to anyone
       | taking on enterprise compliance reporting. The growth of the
       | platform laterally WRT plugins and features while somehow making
       | cross-org/multi-account even easier for end-users on top of
       | building a cloud-hosted solution for teams is a testament to
       | everything in this article.
        
       | samspenc wrote:
       | This was actually a worthwhile read, sharing the section titles
       | in case anyone is wondering what they are getting into:
       | Lesson 1: Respond instantly       Lesson 2: Early communication
       | is essential       Lesson 3: Treat contributors like team members
       | Lesson 4: Age reports keep you honest       Lesson 5: Burndown is
       | a must       Lesson 6: Consistency is the name of the game
       | Lesson 7: Documentation is king
        
         | KennyBlanken wrote:
         | > Lesson 4: Age reports keep you honest
         | 
         | > Long-forgotten issues and PRs sap enthusiasm and hinder
         | progress.
         | 
         | There are a truly massive number of open source projects that
         | would benefit from this.
         | 
         | Mozilla is pretty much the poster child for "major issue that
         | usually annoys the hell out of users who come across it, for a
         | decade or more." Firefox and Thunderbird are littered with bugs
         | that are half a decade to sometimes as long as _two decades_
         | old. There are something like 40,000+ _verified_ bugs in
         | Firefox core.
         | 
         | Instead of those bugs getting fixed, we get shit nobody asked
         | for like massive UI overhauls that everyone hates, integration
         | of SaaS shit like Pocket, secretive data-collecting force-
         | installed plugins for a media conglomerate's TV show (!), and
         | so on.
         | 
         | Maybe they could free up some resources by firing some of the
         | numerous product and project managers, while also moving their
         | offices to places other than "the most expensive zipcodes in
         | the most expensive real estate markets all over the world",
         | while also trimming the CEO's pay, which has gone up even as
         | market share has plunged; she's failing upwards.
        
       | effnorwood wrote:
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       | bzbz wrote:
       | I was skeptical when the author implied automation was the
       | solution.
       | 
       | But actually, the given solutions are mostly communication-
       | focused, and the automation is to aid in that.
       | 
       | Good read.
        
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