• ryannathans@aussie.zone
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    3 days ago

    Open source maintainers aren’t here to teach contributors how to write better code, we’re here for maintenance of the project. The review prevents shit getting merged. Humans write shit too. This is what reviews are for

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      Part of being a maintainer is helping to onboard new contributors, this is why many projects have a tag for “good first issue”. Teaching people how to use the library/tool is part of that.