Building and scaling Hare's community governance
summary
Project starts secret in December 2019 and grows to 11 co‑maintainers and 100+ contributors using an explicit BDFL role, a maintainers file modeled on Linux, and an optional RFC process for big design changes; governance adds a tailored code of conduct applies outside community, a fiscal policy (Open Collective) and clear maintainer responsibilities to solve the single‑maintainer bottleneck; outcomes include a proactive ban of an extremist contributor, formal warnings for repeated poor conduct, informal peer conflict resolution, and overall smoother, participatory decision making.
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chapters (9)
- 0:00Introduction to the project
- 1:04Philosophy and social systems
- 3:10Ownership and contribution
- 5:30Formal governance mechanisms
- 7:13Evolution of the community
- 10:42Scaling and structural shifts
- 16:14Values and conduct standards
- 19:36Real-world enforcement cases
- 24:07Q&A and concluding remarks
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