{"id":342,"date":"2008-05-05T13:43:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-05T11:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2008-05-05T13:44:27","modified_gmt":"2008-05-05T11:44:27","slug":"more-means-less","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daniel.haxx.se\/blog\/2008\/05\/05\/more-means-less\/","title":{"rendered":"More Means Less"},"content":{"rendered":"

Less is more it is said, and I can certainly subscribe to the reverse: more means less. The two primary open source projects I spend time in have been growing the last years, in source code contributions, but also in amount of users and in amount of contributors. I see the similar effects on myself and on my own role in both Rockbox<\/a> and curl<\/a>: I do more and more coordination, planning, admin work, talk (chatting on IRC, responding to mails etc) and “guidance” than actual coding work. My code\/non-code work ratio has decreased massively.<\/p>\n

This is not complaint, just an observation!<\/p>\n

It makes sense to me that early on in a project, and until there’s enough momentum to get the project to more or less drive itself, it is important with a driving core that pushes the project forward. That makes sure every little peace fits together and gets the proper attention to make it a good product and project. As time goes by, more and more people get that knowledge, that ability and the amount of people that drive the project forward increases.<\/p>\n

So being an “elderly” in both these projects, I’m more of an advisor, talker, tinker, admin, than a lead programmer now. This is at least most notable in Rockbox, since we have 80 committers now and I think at least 50 of them are active.<\/p>\n

I probably spend roughly the same amount of time: somewhere around 2-3 hours\/day on my open source projects.<\/p>\n

Of course, in my particular case exactly now, I’ve also just recently ramped up my working hours and find myself trying to get accustomed to this life with full-time work, a two-kids-and-wife family and several time-consuming spare time projects. It takes a great deal of juggling and less sleeping.<\/p>\n

Nothing is forever so I’m certain my situation will change over time. I’m determined to continue hacking in both projects. And my juggling skills will improve…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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