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Discussion on: How can I attract a group of developers for open source projects?

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Jeremy Forsythe • Edited

It will be much easier if you have something, anything, to show. Make a simple proof of concept and put it on GitHub.

As Juha-Matti said, the motivation part is key. If you have a real use case or a real world need and others agree, they will contribute. Write an article explaining the motivation and ask for contributors.

It's kind of like Field of Dreams. Build it and they will come. But don't feel like it has to be complete. See the Deno project for example. He gave a talk about the motivation and announced the project. Others agreed and are helping.

Oh and please, when designing the grammar, we don't need another language where whitespace defines scope. It's just terrible and error-prone!