Hasnain says:

Interesting take on the process of producing open source software and the benefits thereof.

“Many companies hope that releasing an open-source project will pay dividends in the form of code contributions from people outside the organization—but I’ve never seen that work in practice. Responding to issues, answering usage questions, carefully planning release schedules: It all takes time. Even code contributions, despite their reputation as the big reward that’s supposed to make corporate open source worthwhile, are rarely the panacea they’re made out to be. Because new contributors have neither as much context on the existing code nor as clear an understanding of the project’s larger vision as the core team has, their contributions almost always need revisions before they can be accepted. Even the better pull requests often need several rounds of review, and as a reviewer you can’t be sure when (or whether) to expect each update. It’s usually faster to write the code yourself.”

Posted on 2020-10-05T05:52:22+0000