open source at scale

scale

rank   percent   packages   author
----   -------   --------   ------
   1    0.65 %      529     tjholowaychuk
   2    0.46 %      380     substack
   3    0.43 %      349     dominictarr
   4    0.39 %      321     jongleberry
   5    0.39 %      321     juliangruber
   6    0.37 %      303     mikolalysenko
   7    0.35 %      286     raynos
   8    0.34 %      282     jonschlinkert
   9    0.34 %      279     sindresorhus
  10    0.31 %      255     mathias
  11    0.29 %      238     forbeslindesay
  12    0.28 %      227     hughsk
  13    0.26 %      216     clewfirst
  14    0.24 %      199     fengmk2
  15    0.24 %      197     phated

issues

pull requests

pull request

follow your dreams

It does not matter how or frivolous a project seems: everything you do adds to
your body of work.

I can’t stress this enough: you are not just creating a bunch of small things.
You are creating an ecosystem of projects.

http://tinysubversions.com/2014/05/thoughts-on-small-projects

capture your motivation

If you have an idea for a module, build it immediately!

• review existing implementations first
• limit scope to less than 2 hours of work

your job

11:51 < mafintosh> any good node modules for capnproto?
11:52 < domanic> mafintosh, if you see a job that needs doing, it's your job.

what an ecosystem looks like

browserify v2

module-deps | insert-module-globals | browser-pack

browserify

ndarray

webgl bunny

webgl terrain

music

algorithmic music

music amplitude

music frequency

music studio

level

voxeljs

trumpet

trumpet

testing

testing

great collaborating

https://github.com/substack/minimist/issues/16

https://github.com/substack/minimist/pull/17

distributed work

If you see a job that needs doing, it's your job.

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