Lessons from Joining a Large Open Source Project
summary
A developer describes two years working on the Trino (formerly PrestoSQL) open-source project, explaining how joining a large OSS codebase rekindled interest in hard problems and global collaboration. The talk discusses practical engineering principles (YAGNI, KISS, DRY) and how public code reviews in a diverse community make one’s programming more pragmatic.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Introduction
- 3:59Joining Starbels Data and Trino
- 8:20First lessons in open source
- 12:56Remote work challenges
- 14:44Trino programming challenges
- 17:16Open source documentation limits
- 18:22Building open source community
- 22:55Managing backward compatibility
- 24:39Evangelism and engagement
- 27:49Tech project specifics
- 32:43Avoiding abstractions
- 35:58Trino low-level challenges
- 39:08Development best practices
- 41:13Two years and future plans
- 44:26Q&A and funding
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