I’ve open sourced about 474 projects since 2008, and been part of larger projects like Yeoman, Koa.js, and git-extras.

Learnings from 365 Days

• Don’t over burn yourself!
• Don’t get anxious - it’s just a streak
• Start as many projects/orgs as you can, collaborate with humans
• It took about 180 days for this to become a part of life
• Make new mistakes in public - that’s one of the finest ways to learn
• Accept negative criticism with a smile
• Ask people about their thoughts on IRC, Social Media
• Make sure your projects have good READMEs!
• Names of the repos matter a lot!
• Don’t wait for permission to send a PR or start an org
• Thank people who helped you, out loud
• Sometimes whatever you do need not be a success story
• Pickup new stuff, experiment a lot!
• Never stop! Getting burnt is common, but keep contributing