Styra, the founders of Open Policy Agent (OPA), have recently released a new style guide for Rego. As Anders Eknert, Developer Advocate at Styra wrote:‍ Hey everyone! Since several people have asked for a style guide for Rego, I decided to write one.‍ The Styra team took lessons from hundreds…

Here’s how we would explain to a non-technical CEO why code reviews are essential. First, you will lose engineers without a culture of mentorship and learning. Engineers are among the most in-demand positions for all companies across the globe. COVID and Work From Home sped up the globalization of the talent market for engineers. As a result, companies need to invest in…

Non-technical people have valuable skills that can help the company flourish even if they cannot contribute to the coding. However, they may be hesitant to devote time to code reviews due to a lack of understanding, and therefore we should explain how the benefits of code reviews extend far beyond…

All software companies must take an intentional and structured approach to code reviews. Still, there is no “one-size-fits-all” approach for code reviews; it varies depending on the codebase, the company’s size, and the team’s preferences. When a company is starting out, code reviews should look different than during rapid growth…

Disputes, conflicts, and dissenting opinions are all part and parcel of the code review process. Because code reviews are based on trust, psychological safety is a critical component. What’s psychological safety? Psychological safety is about colleagues feeling safe and trusted, knowing there is room for mistakes and that bad news…

Sema‘s CEO Matt Van Itallie recently joined the CHAOSS community podcast with Georg Link, Ph.D., and Sean Goggins to talk about Open Source, measuring codebase health, third party codebase risk, and what it means to treat code as a craft. CHAOSS is a project from The Linux Foundation project focused…

In this episode of the Open Source Cafe, Community Classroom’s Kunal Kushwala interviews Sema’s Matt Van Itallie who shares his thoughts about communication best practices. Video Community Classroom believes that every student, irrespective of their college or branch, can make it big. Community Classroom is an initiative built on this…

In our previous blog post, we shared some tips on how to be an effective Contributor to Open Source. Now let’s talk about tips to be an effective Maintainer. There are seven tips here too. I promise that was a coincidence.‍ Be ready for a lot of notifications This is a great tip for first-time maintainers: you…

Here are seven tips from EddieHub Maintainers and Community members on how to be an effective Contributor to Open Source. Focus Pick a small number of Open Source communities to be a part of and make a real contribution. That’s way better than joining a lot of communities and not helping. …