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Discussion on: What are some advice for starting the first OSS?

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Thomas Hansen

Scratch your own itch. If you like butterflies, create a web app that keeps track of butterflies, if you love music, create a music administration system, etc. This ensures you have fun, that you know what you're doing, and hence the result becomes better.

I started Magic because I had "an itch to scratch", and today it's an actual company, with 5 employees, we're funded, and a couple of days ago we launched on automatic onboarding system.

Do what you love, love what you do - Steve Jobs

If you follow the above in your OSS project(s), it'll be something worth creating ...