Hey all, I have 2 questions. I am an experienced iOS/macOS engineer. And have only recently started to open-source my work and future work.
Initially I was getting some traction on my first public repo, but the rest are getting close to none as if my profile was pushed by Github’s algorithm and then forgotten maybe.
Although I have been consistent for the past month in updates and changes to many of my repos.
Question 1: Is there a possibility I am not appearing in searches for some reason? Or is it simply that my work is not of a quality standard to see the expected traffic, which is great to know in itself.
Question 2: Does anyone have advice on sourcing feedback on their public projects, mostly consisting of SDKs/Tooling? I literally do not have friends/relatives/mentors in my field/expertise that I can talk too and it’s quite difficult to survive simply on YouTube videos/podcasts/articles/other repos/online anecdotes and/or professional work experience to understand if my approach/mentality is on the right path for many of my projects. Most of my current experience comes from working professionally, but to scale independently is quite difficult. I specifically am talking about design patterns or building tooling using libraries such as Metal.
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Tbh i never use github search to find a specific project, except when I already know the name and what it does. I’d suggest you post links of your project in the opensource community, maybe find some matrix channel too and asks for feedback. Also, maybe no one else is in the need of what you’ve built, keep posting updates as your project advence in lemmy or elsewhere and people might givz it more attention!
Will do. Apart of me feels like I should have my projects vetted by someone before I post onto channels like opensource@lemmy.ml. Do you feel that is necessary usually? Even hoping to get a couple PRs would be like a “stamp of approval” is how I was thinking as well.
Well, if people doesn’t know what your software is and where to find it, it’s going to be hard for them to contribute! Also, you’re an iOS dev, which is not that common in opensource in my opinion
yes that is true. i just need to build up the confidence in sharing more openly, no pun intended. thank you for responding
