Things got a little out of hand with #MeetTheMaintainers
You liked the posts, sent them to friends, and some of you even said, “I didn’t know this existed.”
Well, now you do. And there’s a URL to prove it.
Introducing, http://forklore.in
Forklore is part slambook, part field guide, and part soft-spoken fan project, celebrating the people keeping FOSS weird, wonderful, and working.
(hat tip to @Ram_Iyengar for the title)
It’s where you’ll find all 31 of our #MaintainerMay profiles, short, funny, unfiltered stories of the folks behind the forks.
It’s also a space to add more. Because open source doesn’t stop after May.
Abhinav didn’t file a support ticket, he wrote the support system.
Say hi to LibreDesk, open source, self-hosted, and surprisingly complete.
Someone give this guy a badge or a nap.
Ladies and Gentlemen, the weekend, and that brings us another #ForkloreFriday
Today we are talking Vibinex with Avikalp Kumar Gupta
Vibinex helps reviewers make sense of pull requests. Faster, smarter, and without losing their mind.
Q: One FOSS maintainer lesson for your younger self
Make it easy for people to help you. And go out more often to talk about what you are building. No one will care about your awesome project if they never knew about its existence.
For those who are just joining us, Forklore, tldr- is a work-in-progress archive of the coolest open-source maintainers from India. Head over to Forklore, read a story or two, and if you’ve got one to tell, here’s how you can get featured. See you on the other side?
P.S - Like you read correctly, Forklore is a WIP, help us make it better, give us feedback, fork something, help us fix it and earn virtual hugs, among other things.
