Brian Anderson

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My hacker stuff is on GitHub . I keep a worklog . I rarely blog , though I do like writing .

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The Minimally-Nice Open Source Software Maintainer

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Being involved in open source software is rewarding, yeah? You start off contributing to your favorite project, and it feels so heartwarming when that project’s maintainers recognize your effort. Then a few years later you somehow end up responsible for that project, and maybe some satellite projects, and people are…