cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/41794092

Hello!

I’ve been using FOSS on my phone, laptop and desktop for a few years now and never had the opportunity or the bravery to contribute to any project.

I’ve been thinking for a while now, how could I give something to the community?

I’m a web developer, so obviously that’s what this project idea is all about. A website where we can have a few things, very useful for the FOSS community.

I wanted to ask the lemmy community what they think about it, because maybe it already exists something similar or if you have some ideas or feedback.

The idea:

As mentioned before, I’m planing on a creation of a “central hub” for the FOSS community.

I was thinking on a website where we can have:

  • Events/Calendar: A place where we can see in a simple way all the events, meets up or similar in the FOSS community, with a calendar to see the exact dates and events with a filter to be able to select specific countries or tags.

  • Documentation: A place where we can create documentation for projects that don’t have the documentation or is very basic.

  • Ideas: A place where we can share ideas for projects, look for people to/for help or look for feedback and try to make them real.

  • Tracker: A place where we can log in with our GitHub/Codeberg/GitLab… accounts and be able to track all the project we are contributing in a simple way.

These are my early ideas and what I’ve been thinking about. Maybe some of them won’t see the light, maybe all of them or even more things will see light.

I would love to see what you guys have to say about this idea!

Thanks for taking your time reading this!

  • Kissaki@programming.devEnglish
    3·
    6 days ago

    Documentation: A place where we can create documentation for projects that don’t have the documentation or is very basic.

    Why create or extend documentation outside of the project when you could improve the project docs themselves?

    Projects that are open source but don’t allow easy doc contributions?

    I find contributing to projects very easy. When I read some docs, and find an issue, I create a pull request with a fix. When I’m interested in a project, I take a look at open issues. Often the website and software project are separate repos with separate issues.

    I find the idea of a community of people sharing ideas, open tasks, seeking and finding contributors compelling, but I’m skeptical any new platform could reach critical mass. Maybe that’d be a matter of approach and long term effort.

    • zagielito@sh.itjust.worksOP
      3·
      6 days ago

      What you say about the documentation makes sense. Maybe i should remove that idea for the project. Noted!

      Maybe i could focus more in the idea of sharing ideas or actual projects and have a discussion to give feedback, look for contributors, etc…?

      This is a community project for the community. I’m sure it will take time to make it attractive for people and to be known, but as you said, this will be a matter of approach and long term effort.