From Burnout To
Built-To-Last#
The Open Source Org Advantage#
Gilbert Sanchez @HeyItsGilbert
Thanks!#
Hey! It’s Gilbert#
- Staff Software Development Engineer
- ADHD 🌶️🧠
- Links.GilbertSanchez.com
Our Goal#
By the end of this talk you will understand:
- Single maintainer pitfalls
- Value of Organizations
- Free services for your org
Why do we do open source?#
- Obligation
- Helpful
- Career
Ego- ADHD
Dopamine#
- Have an idea!
- Solve a problem with code!
- Share the code!
- …
- Maintain the code?
- MAINTAIN THE CODE?!?!
Burnout#
A form of exhaustion caused by constantly feeling of being swamped.
- Emotional, mental, and physical fatigue.
- Recovering isn’t straight forward.
Burnout…occurs because we’re trying to solve the same problem over and over. ― Susan Scott
Bus Factor#
Pitfalls & Red Flags#
- Burnout
- Bus Factor
- Spread too Thin
- Not Interested in Maintaining
Value of Organizations#
Why Orgs?#
- Distribute responsibilities
- Growth Opportunities
- Soft skill career signal
- Opportunity to work with people
- Reduce the “bus factor”
Psake#
Standing on the shoulder of giants.
- Officially started in 2008
- Migrated from single maintainer to Org in 2018
- 72 Contributors
Free for FOSS#
GitHub obv…#
GitHub Copilot#
A free subscription for GitHub Copilot is available to verified students, teachers, and maintainers of popular open-source repositories on GitHub. If you meet the criteria as an open source maintainer, you will be automatically notified when you visit the GitHub Copilot subscription page. As a student, if you currently receive the GitHub Student Developer Pack, you will also be offered a free subscription when you visit the GitHub Copilot subscription page.
“Popular” seems to be subjective.
Keys to the Castle#
- Team Account
- Not associated with Commercial Activity
- One form!
- 1Password/for-open-source
Funding: OpenCollective#
Hosting: Netlify#
- Open Source Initiative approved license
- Code of Conduct
- Link to them
- opensource-form.netlify.com
But Wait! There’s more#
Developer Tools & IDEs#
JetBrains Open Source License — Free access to all JetBrains IDEs (IntelliJ, WebStorm, Rider, etc.) for active OSS contributors
GitHub Copilot Pro — Free for maintainers of popular open source repositories
Hosting & Deployment#
Vercel OSS Program — $3,600/year in credits + partner perks
GitLab for Open Source — Free GitLab Ultimate + 50,000 CI/CD compute min
Docker Sponsored OSS — Verified badges, analytics, unlimited image pulls
CI/CD & Build#
CircleCI for Open Source — Up to 400,000 credits/month for Linux/Arm/Docker builds
SignPath Foundation — Free code signing certificates for OSS projects
Security & Quality#
Sentry for Open Source — Free error tracking & performance monitoring
Snyk for Open Source — Free security scanning for public repositories
SonarCloud — Free static code analysis for public repos (30+ languages)
Documentation & Search#
Read the Docs — Free hosting for open source documentation
Algolia DocSearch — Free search for technical docs and blogs
Communication & Collaboration#
Zulip Cloud — Free Standard tier for open source projects
Atlassian Community License — Free Jira, Confluence, Trello, Bitbucket
Localization#
Crowdin — Completely free for open source projects
POEditor — Free unlimited strings/languages for OSI-licensed projects
Cloud Credits#
AWS Promotional Credits — Credits for CI/CD, testing, artifact storage
Microsoft Azure Credits — For development, testing, infrastructure
Our Goal#
You should understand:
- Single maintainer pitfalls
- Value of Organizations
- Free services for your org
Future Proof Checklist#
- 🔲 Create the Organization
- 🔲 Invite Contributors
- 🔲 Outline & Understand roles
- 🔲 Look for Leadership Opportunities
- 🔲 Healthy project -> Good Community
THANK YOU#
Feedback is a gift#
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Questions? Find me @heyitsgilbert
