On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 9:39 AM Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I think making the onboarding experience simpler certainly helps.
Mat, have you had a chance to try the 4 step procedure I linked to? Did you have any problems? Anybody else tried this? Alternately, if people indicate that they can get the current board agenda tool up and running, we can focus on that. - Sam Ruby > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 08:32 Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > > > On Thu, Mar 19, 2020 at 8:40 AM Rich Bowen <rbo...@rcbowen.com> wrote: > > > > > > My experience with Whimsy matches every project I've ever tried to > > > contribute to. > > > > > > When I looked at the code with a vague "I want to get involved" mindset, > > > it was inscrutable nonsense. Not because it *was*, but because I had no > > > goal. > > > > > > When I had a specific thing that I wanted to fix - an itch to scratch - > > > the code was pretty clear, and it was fairly clear where I needed to > > > scratch. Also, the people on the Slack channel gave me the direction I > > > needed when I got lost, so there was the community building aspect of > > > "bad code, good community" that Stefano advocates. > > > > Thanks. And as long as there are people interested in contributing, > > I'm interested in helping them get started. > > > > > So, sure, change to a different language if you think it'll help, but > > > without people trying to scratch specific itches (which is, really, the > > > heart of the Whimsy project, even more than most!) I don't think it's > > > the right solution. It won't *hurt*, of course, but I don't think it'll > > > help much. > > > > > > If anything is lacking, it's clear working docs about getting a local > > > copy working for testing purposes. (Yes, there are instructions. No, I > > > was not able to get it working. Yes, I'm still trying.) > > > > Are these instructions unclear: > > https://github.com/rubys/whimsy-board-agenda-nodejs ? > > > > If not, where did you get stuck? > > > > > All just MHO, based on possibly a dozen hours working on the project. > > > Take that for whatever it's worth. > > > > > > -- > > > Rich Bowen - rbo...@rcbowen.com > > > http://rcbowen.com/ > > > @rbowen > > > > - Sam Ruby > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
