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The graying open source community needs fresh blood (www.theregister.com)
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[–] derpgon@programming.dev 17 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I wish I had one manday a week to contribute to the libraries my company uses. I usually do it in my work hours when I find a serious bug or need a new feature.

[–] Takios@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

I fixed a bug in an open source project we use and got into trouble for it :|

[–] derpgon@programming.dev 15 points 4 months ago

Ditch the company and set their offices ablaze!

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 points 4 months ago

Don't use company resources (like your laptop) to do it.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 4 points 4 months ago

steal from work