Changing face of Developer Communities in the time of Covid-19
summary
Guidelines for running open source developer communities shift from venue logistics to tooling and process: recommend replacing venue/hospitality budgets with virtual platforms to reach thousands of attendees and save hundreds of thousands of dollars; set up a central project ticket tracker and a single repo + channels per project; use Google Apps, mailing lists and YouTube for onboarding and async updates; run a coordinated schedule (example: 120 active virtual hours program) for live sessions, enforce a clear code of conduct, and recruit local volunteer leads to scale engagement.
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chapters (7)
- 0:00Introduction to Covid-era communities
- 3:11Shift to online events
- 6:43Global reach of virtual meetups
- 10:18Building inclusive open source
- 13:57Fostering creativity in communities
- 17:31Diversity drives innovation
- 20:03Q&A and closing remarks
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