Thanks Rich, Am currently in the middle of a book on API Patterns explaining API Call Flows, difference between Front Controller vs Reactor Patterns and other more complex issue in build backends.
If you are needing any help with API dev, drop a line or get in touch. Owen Rubel oru...@gmail.com On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 7:53 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > Hey, friends, > > I’m recovering from FOSDEM, and going through my notes. I would like to > propose a somewhat unformed idea that I would like to pursue for the next > year or so - the idea of forming working groups here in ComDev, to pursue > different tasks. > > The reasoning for this is that, while I have eleventy million things that > I want to accomplish under the umbrella of of ComDev, I have a tendency to > just go do stuff myself, because building consensus is *hard*. That leads, > consistently, to three outcomes: > > • The stuff doesn’t actually get done, because my list is long > • Nobody else does it either, because that’s Rich’s project > • I get super frustrated that nobody is helping, even though I created > that situation myself, and know that I created it. > > This is hugely unproductive, and I would like to see if we can take a step > towards making it easier for people to participate in narrowly defined ways > that don’t seem quite as daunting as our current way of operating. > > A working group would have a topic (“Website” is the first one that I’m > likely to propose), a defined scope of work, and regular check-ins where > progress is assessed, and narrowly defined action items can be volunteered > for. > > I love the way Kubernetes tackles this (see > https://github.com/kubernetes/community for some of that) but we tend to > believe, here at Apache, that this is too heavy on the structure side. I > have come to think, over the past few months, that we need more structure, > because our “just go jump in and do stuff!!” approach is hugely > intimidating to beginners, and is no better than “figure it out yourself, > I’m too busy” in terms of trying to engage new contributors. > > Now, I know that this email is very fluffy and philosophical. I’ll be > proposing a specific WG later this week, as soon as soon as I can write it > up, and asking for folks to participate. > > More, and more rambling, thoughts on this topic, here: > https://drbacchus.com/the-many-hats-of-a-maintainer/ - if you’re > interested. > > — > Rich Bowen > rbo...@rcbowen.com > > > > >
