This is a very good little article. It's really interesting to me (open source contributor for >10 years) to see how much the game has changed -- in particular, most things in the list of "green flags" definitely didn't exist back when I got started! I mean, I know the game has changed, but seeing it written down is nice.
I also appreciated that you noted "that being new to a project can be an asset." This is important! The best people behind the best projects understand this point well.
This is a very good little article. It's really interesting to me (open source contributor for >10 years) to see how much the game has changed -- in particular, most things in the list of "green flags" definitely didn't exist back when I got started! I mean, I know the game has changed, but seeing it written down is nice.
I also appreciated that you noted "that being new to a project can be an asset." This is important! The best people behind the best projects understand this point well.
Wow, that's amazing you've been contributing to OSS that long!
It's interesting to hear how those things didn't exist back then and makes me all the more grateful that they do now (at least for some projects!)