Overcoming Challenges in Open Source Community Management
summary
Apicurio runs two projects: a web API designer and Apicurio Registry for storing OpenAPI, protobuf and JSON Schema artifacts; the project uses GitHub issues, GitHub Discussions and Zulip plus rotated meeting times and milestones visible on GitHub, aiming for a major release in September. Practices that changed contributor retention: good first issues that are time-boxed, documented onboarding and active mentorship, and reliance on asynchronous communication so replies aren’t delayed weeks and newcomers don’t leave.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Open source community intro
- 3:12AICUO community overview
- 5:02Welcoming contributors
- 7:52Attracting new contributors
- 10:39Sustaining contributions
- 13:30Time zone communication
- 18:02Information flow in communities
- 20:31Managing miscommunications and encouraging questions
- 22:17Conflict resolution & decisions
- 25:10Transparency vs direction
- 29:52Leadership in open source
- 31:21Humanizing contributions
- 32:47Q&A
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