In Episode 8 of Season 10 of the Virtual Coffee Podcast, hosts Bekah and Dan delve into the intricate process of open sourcing a private repository. Drawing from their experience with Virtual Coffee's community docs, they discuss considerations like verifying the safety of repository content, ensuring appropriate permissions, and maintaining the privacy of sensitive discussions. They also touch on the importance of updating READEMEs, licensing, and providing clear guidelines for new contribut...
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In Episode 8 of Season 10 of the Virtual Coffee Podcast, hosts Bekah and Dan delve into the intricate process of open sourcing a private repository. Drawing from their experience with Virtual Coffee's community docs, they discuss considerations like verifying the safety of repository content, ensuring appropriate permissions, and maintaining the privacy of sensitive discussions. They also touch on the importance of updating READEMEs, licensing, and providing clear guidelines for new contribut...
How to Make a Positive Impact during Hacktoberfest
The Virtual Coffee Podcast
27 minutes
1 year ago
How to Make a Positive Impact during Hacktoberfest
Bekah and Dan explore the community's engagement with Hacktoberfest, a month-long event encouraging open source contributions. They discuss what Hacktoberfest is and what it means to be a positive contributor in the open source community. They highlight the importance of meaningful contributions, respecting maintainers' time, and provides tips for navigating and contributing to open source projects, and touches on ways to be a good open source citizen and the benefits of contributing consiste...
The Virtual Coffee Podcast
In Episode 8 of Season 10 of the Virtual Coffee Podcast, hosts Bekah and Dan delve into the intricate process of open sourcing a private repository. Drawing from their experience with Virtual Coffee's community docs, they discuss considerations like verifying the safety of repository content, ensuring appropriate permissions, and maintaining the privacy of sensitive discussions. They also touch on the importance of updating READEMEs, licensing, and providing clear guidelines for new contribut...
