#community-contribution
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Open Source Contribution is About More Than Just Altruism - DevOps.com

Open source contribution improves resilience, influence, and long-term advantage while avoiding costly proprietary replacement.

fromPsychology Today

4 months ago

Making a Meaningful Contribution Boosts Mental Health

The Contribution Project, led by Cornell psychologist Anthony Burrow, randomly selected more than 1,200 high school and college students to receive $400 to add value for themselves or for their communities. The funds came with no strings attached-students could decide to use the money however they wished. Eight weeks after receiving the funds, participants scored significantly higher than non-recipients on multiple psychological measures, including sense of belonging, well-being, sense of purpose, and feeling useful.

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fromHacker-laws

7 months ago

Hacker Laws

Common software engineering laws and principles codify recurring behaviors, trade-offs, and heuristics that influence development effort, community contribution, and system performance.

fromArs Technica

11 months ago

Microsoft closes 9-year-old feature request, open-sources Windows Subsystem for Linux

"WSL could never have been what it is today without its community," writes Microsoft Senior Software Engineer Pierre Boulay in the company's blog post.