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Discussion on: The “good first issue” myth

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Adam Crockett 🌀 • Edited

didi.land has only one good first issue, I am trying to build a community from the ground up so everything must involve all levels of experience. But at this stage all the issues are around making the repository "habitable" for others and stabilizing the complexities, so a good first issue actually means, good if you have specialist knowledge on a certain area, I really want that to change and bring in beginners and experts. Thanks for raising this post.

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Dzhavat Ushev

Good luck with didi. I hope it will grow to a welcoming community.

It's tricky in the beginning of a project. There are still many moving parts and things are constantly changing. So it might be hard to specify what exactly is a good first issue. But even though there are still some rough edges, the overall complexity is simpler in the beginning. So it's usually a lot easier for a completely new person to get involved with the project. The questions during that stage are more like Why should I get involved? What's so valuable about the project/community?

It's definitely hard for maintainers to find a balance between development and attracting of new contributors. I don't have much experience with it personally but I hope you'll find a solution :)