7 interesting metrics about open source in sustainability: 7 interesting metrics about open source in sustainability Tobias Augspurger Wed, 01/11/2023 – 03:00 Open source culture has demonstrated how transparent and collaborative innovation can support modern digital services, data, and infrastructure. Yet, despite its transformative impact and use within an estimated 97% of digital products, the …
How to address challenges with community metrics: How to address challenges with community metrics Georg Link Wed, 11/16/2022 – 03:00 The previous two articles in this series looked at open source community health and the metrics used to understand it. They showed examples of how open source communities have measured at their health through metrics. …
What do you do with community metrics?: What do you do with community metrics? Georg Link Tue, 11/15/2022 – 03:00 In my previous article, I provided an overview of possible community health metrics. I look at what you can do with those metrics in this article. You’ll see several examples from different communities, some of which …
5 metrics to track in your open source community: 5 metrics to track in your open source community Georg Link Mon, 11/14/2022 – 03:00 The core of open source is about using, sharing, and collaborating in software creation. With its roots in the free software movement and ensuring the rights of software users, open source …
Analyze community health metrics with this open source tool: Community managers, maintainers, and foundations seek metrics and insights about open source communities. Because each open source project works differently, its data needs to be analyzed differently. Yet, all projects share common challenges with getting data and creating visualizations. This presents an ideal use case for …
South Africa in the news: StatsSA proposes changes to GDP metrics, for accuracy in trying times: StatsSA says a new metric is needed to more accurately monitor GDP in times of economic upheaval and uncertainty.: “South Africa” – BingNews Goodbye to 2020, a truly bad year: As 2020 comes to a close, many people will …
How we develop success metrics for open source events: As many open source communities grow larger and older, they may face problems managing members’ engagement. People turn towards metrics to understand large systems and prioritize resources, but there has not been a consensus set of metrics for understanding open source communities. read more: Opensource.com GeorgLink …
Improve open source community sustainability by tracking these two metrics: In early 2020, I wrote an article on three metrics for tracking and measuring offline, in-person community-building activities. Little did I (or the world) know then that offline, in-person activities of any kind would soon become unfeasible for the foreseeable future. read more: Opensource.com Kevin Xu Supporting …
3 metrics to measure your open source community health: Community building is table stakes in the success of any open source project. Even outside of open source, community is considered a competitive advantage for businesses in many industries—from retail, to gaming, to fitness. (For a deeper dive, see “When community becomes your competitive advantage” in the …
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Understanding metrics and monitoring with Python: My reaction when I first came across the terms counter and gauge and the graphs with colors and numbers labeled “mean” and “upper 90” was one of avoidance. It’s like I saw them, but I didn’t care because I didn’t understand them or how they might be useful. Since …
Why you should avoid vanity metrics and measure what matters: Metrics. Measures. How high? How low? How fast? How slow? Ever since the dawn of humankind, we’ve had an innate and insatiable desire to measure and compare. We started with the Egyptian cubit and the Mediterranean traders’ grain in the 3rd millennium BC. Today we …