Working on an open-source project teaches you a few things about dealing with software developers, and reporting bugs. I’ve been in the open-source world for a long time, and I remember when I first started out as a user of software, I felt glad to even have access to these tools at all, and I felt a reluctance to “bother” the developers with issues if I wasn’t sure it was only me.
The problem is, issues are a bit like Schrödinger’s cat: they don’t exist until the developer knows about them.
Since I’ve become a developer of open-source software and seen things from the other side, I have one request: err on the side of opening an issue. There’s nothing I love more than having an issue opened, and being able to fix it, and tell the user their problem is solved. It’s that kind of feedback loop that is one of the best parts of developing software without a marketing and sales department sitting between you and your users.
So without further ado, I’d like to point out a few comments in this vein. Note that when I say “issue,” it could be anything: a showstopper . . . → Read More: Schrödinger’s Bugs
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