I was curious, has idunnololz ever considered potentially bringing in volunteers to help contribute to Summit’s code or assist with other tasks?
idunnololz could potentially put out a “call for volunteers” on platforms like Lemmy, Reddit, or other relevant platforms/communities, with a focus on people who are passionate about what Summit is doing.
Benefits:
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Reduced burden on idunnololz: By involving more developers, the primary workload wouldn’t fall solely on one person.
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Diverse skill sets: Volunteers might bring specialized skills that could benefit specific areas of the app.
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Community engagement: This initiative would foster a stronger connection between Summit and its user base.
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Faster development: More hands on deck could potentially speed up feature implementation and bug fixes.
While you may not be in a position to offer monetary compensation, these volunteers could benefit in other ways:
- Gaining valuable coding experience by contributing to a live project.
- Earning recognition or “special contributor” status within the app or community.
- Access to exclusive features or perks as a form of gratitude for their contributions.
- Exclusive beta access to new features
- Potential for future paid opportunities as the project grows
- Credit in the app’s “About” section
- Certificates of contribution for their portfolios
This could potentially foster a stronger community around Summit and help it grow even faster by leveraging the skills and knowledge of passionate supporters.
Of course, there will likely need to be some structure (e.g., guidance, pull request reviews, clear documentation) to make this work smoothly, but it might be a worthwhile avenue to explore.
I’m not open to other people contributing to the project for the time being. This will likely not change unless there is a major event in my life that limits my free time or if I’m ready to retire from the project.
As for assisting with other, non-code tasks, I am definitely open to the idea and have made posts about this in the past. For instance Summit currently relies on volunteers for localization. Summit also relies on volunteers for theming (yes I am still open to adding more themes, please reply if you want to find out more). I also plan on asking for help from the communities in the near future as well so stay tuned for that announcement.
I have a sort-of related question since you don’t have a GitHub open for opening issues or requests. Do you prefer feature requests or suggestions as separate posts in this community or as replies to a certain thread here, like a pinned post?
Either or. You can make a post or reply to any of the pinner posts. Jf you do reply to a pinned post with a feature i just ask that your reply is a top levek reply so it doesnt get lost.
