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Marc Cornellà - Maintaining Open Source Projects
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Length:
30 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Robby has a chat with Marc Cornellà, the official maintainer and major contributor for the Oh My Zsh project. Marc will start off by sharing his wisdom on the characteristics of well-maintained proprietary software. He will also tell us whether the same characteristics apply when it comes to open-source software. Marc started contributing to open-source projects back in 2011 when he worked on a university project that generated schedules for new students. In 2015, he transitioned to Oh My Zsh, which has been the biggest project he’s ever worked on. Oh My Zsh is a framework for Z Shell that allows engineers to install and use different themes that one can personalize according to the look and feel of their terminal. It has 200+ plugins and about 100 themes. It not only allows one to use plugins and themes from other projects, but also offers thousands of helpful functions, helpers, and so much more. The great thing about Oh My Zsh is that an engineer doesn't have to be an advanced hacker to use it. Marc will among many other things share strategies that can be used to help organize and prioritize a popular project that has a consistent 400 to 500 open pull requests from people across the planet, and some future ideas for Oh My Zsh. You won’t wanna miss this one. Enjoy!Book Recommendations:Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler - https://www.octaviabutler.com/parableseriesHelpful LinksMarc on Twitter - https://twitter.com/MarcCornellaMarc on GitHub - https://github.com/mcornellaOh My Zsh - https://ohmyz.sh/Oh My Zsh on GitHub - https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzshSubscribe to Maintainable on:Apple PodcastsOvercastSpotifyOr search "Maintainable" wherever you stream your podcasts.Join the discussion in the Maintainable Discord Community
Released:
Aug 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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