The ReadME Project

Featured Article
Decisions, decisions: Principles for making important choices in open source
Decisions are the essence of open source maintainership.
Kathy Korevec // Vercel
Interview the interviewer
It’s not presumptuous to turn the tables on an interviewer.
Mahmoud Hashemi
Driven by conversation and connection
Mahmoud on projects for the public good, sticky challenges, and the purity of open source.
Mahmoud Hashemi // Stripe
Intentional creation
Tap into creativity with the 4 Cs: Consume, critique, curate, create.
Frances Coronel
Great leaders create more leaders
Frances on building community, gaining social capital, and embracing your identity.
The ReadME Project amplifies the voices of the developer community by telling stories about:
- Open Source ,
- Culture ,
- Security ,
- DevOps ,
- and more.
Featured Article
Chaos engineering helps DevOps cope with complexity
How open source is spreading chaos thinking.
Dana Lawson // Netlify
Hiring technical talent: An exercise in clarity, patience, and preparation
The two-way experience is as much about technical skills as it is about team fit.
Karthik Iyer
The art of learning a little about a lot
Karthik goes with the flow, follows his passions, and gives back to the community.
Segun Adebayo
Creating a popular OSS library is a marathon, not a sprint
How to stay sane and keep your project on the right path.
Peggy Rayzis
Championing the nontraditional path
Peggy creates more value than she captures, amplifies underrepresented contributors, and champions as many people as possible.
The ReadMe Podcast
See allTHE README PODCAST // S2.8
Hosts in the hot seat
Neha and Brian turn the interview tables on each other.
THE README PODCAST // S2.7
freeCodeCamp: For curious people, by curious people
Founder Quincy on his journey from journalist to OSS pioneer.
Featured Articles
See allWhat hacking AOL taught a generation of programmers
The open source ethos behind rogue AOL add-ons.
Developer Stories
See allRose Judge
Challenging the expectations of open source
Rose on the art of observation, projecting confidence, and seizing opportunities to learn.
Feross Aboukhadijeh
There are no warranties on open source
Feross on building OSS building blocks, rewriting the rules, and releasing obligations.
Tatiana Mac
Move intentionally and fix things
Tatiana on chasing good energy, considering intent, and judging yourself on your last action.
Adewale Abati
Keeping an Ace up your sleeve
To make a global impact, Adewale shines the spotlight on Nigerian developers and prioritizes accessibility.
Guides
See allLorin Hochstein // Netflix
Making operational work more visible
How to shoulder-surf remotely and learn from the experiences of others.
Sonia John
Taking a DevRel approach to developer onboarding
Maximizing community participation is a journey, not a destination.
John Allspaw // Adaptive Capacity Labs
What we talk about when we talk about ‘root cause’
It’s a lot more nuanced than you might think.
Monica Powell // Newsela
Brag now, remember later: Document your accomplishments
In Part Four of her series, Monica shows how you are in a unique position to be your best advocate.