Lightning Talk - Asynchronous wombats: developing OSS globally
summary
Global OSS communication breaks down into measurable costs: 30 hour round trip for a simple npm install question versus 10 minutes in person, language barriers that multiply clarifications, and discussion size that explodes coordination. Concrete remedies include asking for the npm debug log, reproducing with the same Node and nvm/npm versions, and shipping clearer repo scaffolding like issue templates and CONTRIBUTING.md. Examples show localization teams and reproductions actually shorten turnaround and resolve the surprising delays.
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chapters (17)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:51Who am I
- 1:38Moving to Amsterdam
- 2:34MPM install
- 2:45Fix syntax error
- 3:33Time difference
- 5:19Synchronized communication
- 5:39Language difference
- 6:22Feature requests
- 6:57Metcalfes law
- 7:18World map
- 7:32Complexity
- 7:58Processing
- 8:41Documentation
- 9:48Localization community
- 10:26Organization
- 11:07Thank you
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