Scaling Your Community From a Few Hundred to Tens of Thousands
summary
Community behind dbt grows from a few hundred to 30,000 members by doubling year over year, a clear bump after annual user conferences and the 1.0 release. Growth strategy uses GitHub Discussions to replace noisy Slack for durable Q&A, routes solved threads into issues and PRs, and treats docs as primary contribution surface. Organizing into local and interest-based micro-communities honors Dunbar's number (150), and prioritizing repeat contributors over drive-by PRs shapes who gets mentored and promoted.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 18:26Scaling knowledge sharing
- 23:00MIND THE GAP
- 28:42Scaling contributions
- 33:52Bonus round: scaling culture
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