Advice for managing open source communities at scale

1 · Ben Balter · June 15, 2021, 5:43 p.m.
As open source projects grow and mature, maintainers’ most pressing challenges often shift from the technical to the administrative as they transition from managing code to managing a community of contributors. When I was responsible for Community and Safety at GitHub, I advised countless organizations on not just how to manage open source projects, but how to manage open source projects at scale. Following my rule that everything should have a URL, I’ve captured some of the most common advice I...