Source: I gave commit rights to someone I didn’t know, I could never have guessed what happened next!
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Trusting contributors in open source projects can lead to unexpected but positive contributions. After giving commit rights to an unknown contributor who had submitted a massive PR, the abandoned project of storing financial data in Django, django-money, became hugely popular and well maintained.
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💻 Giving a diligent contributor commit rights can lead to serious contributions, and is often a good way to build trust in open source projects.
💼 django-money, an abandoned project, became the most popular repository on the author’s Github page after a massive PR from a new contributor and giving them commit rights.
💡 Trusting OSS contributors can lead to positive and unexpected contributions, as an unknown contributor led to the successful future of django-money.
Source: A peek inside Japan’s largest Dagashi store
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Nihon-ichi no Dagashi Uriba, Japan’s largest “dagashi” store, sells inexpensive Japanese confectionery and snacks that have defined the childhoods of many generations. Located in Okayama prefecture, the store attracts 700,000 visitors every year.
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