The picture is a bit to bleak I think, but there's indeed currently a divide in terms of HTTP/3 adoption. This is fairly aligned with the big players vs long tail creators divide. Hopefully this will get solved at some point.

Indeed, the Fediverse needs to be better known. Any small actions towards this goal helps.

The WordPress is still unfolding... I wouldn't be surprised if it ends with a fork.

Definitely a good list of advices for first time contributors.

It's clear that a split is forming in the C++ community on how to evolve the language. Could it lead to a full fledged divorce?

There is a sane conversation going on around uv in the Python community. Here is a good summary.

Indeed this is a much better visualization. It shows quite well how the Python programmers pool is growing.

This is indeed a problem. Somehow it became much harder to attract younger developers.

Excellent post showing unhealthy consumer/maintainer dynamics in FOSS projects. This particular example was instrumental in getting the xz backdoor in place.

Lots of good advices of course. It goes a long way to improve the quality of the project and the ease to on-board people. This is quite some initial work though.

Indeed, time to leave Redis behind in favor of Redict. It's not like one can expect new things to come out to such a project.

Good reminder that contributions are not only about code. Documentation, support, release management and so on are very important as well and too often underrated.

This study does a good job looking at the impact of community smells over the presence of code smells. This is an excellent reminder that the organization influences greatly the produced code.

Despite understandable limitations, this studies has a few interesting findings on how communities can more easily switch platforms (in this case from Twitter to Mastodon). At least one is a bit counter-intuitive.

The fact that they felt the need to write such a letter is troubling. What's going on in the Python Software Foundation really? Something needs to be fixed it seems.

Very interesting study, shows how toxic comments impact contributions. Gives a good idea of the probability for people to leave. In the case of Wikipedia this highlights reasons which contribute to the lack of diversity in the contributors. This is a complex community issue in general, this studies does a good thing by shedding some light on the dynamics in the case of Wikipedia.

Interesting exploration of the Wikipedia community dynamics. This explains quite a few things on its evolution. It highlights how it became a beacon of sanity in the insane political landscape we're collectively facing.

Some people lash out at the wrong group... they should be angry at YouTube not at the tiny team making the extension trying to help block the ads.

Good exploration on how and why async Rust was designed. As usual it's not purely for technical reasons, there's a human and community factor to it.

This is a very important point. Communities should make sure that new blood gets in. Companies should also avoid just recruiting top talent and groom juniors to contribute.