Hi list, So i am going forward with developing a CMS-like Flask app for my company. Because we are a small company and we are not planning to really make money off of this software we were thinking of just open sourcing the code minus company assets and designs. We were thinking that we could get some help/critique and contribute to the community. Since I have never been active in any open source project nor have I have contributed much to any open source project (always wanted to, but never had enough time). I would need some help and pointers on how to make this a decent project that someone could possibly use other than ourselves. Any articles that you guys know of or anything would be helpful. Also some arguments to open source our code would be good so that I could win over my colleagues. The key thing to the project for us is to keep it as simple as possible so that training new guys is simple. Good thing that Flask is just that. Anyways thanks for any input. ~Jonathan
Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub wrote a great post on why open sourcing as much code as you can is good for your company: http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html Jesse On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi list, > > So i am going forward with developing a CMS-like Flask app for my company. > Because we are a small company and we are not planning to really make money > off of this software we were thinking of just open sourcing the code minus > company assets and designs. We were thinking that we could get some > help/critique and contribute to the community. > > Since I have never been active in any open source project nor have I have > contributed much to any open source project (always wanted to, but never had > enough time). I would need some help and pointers on how to make this a > decent project that someone could possibly use other than ourselves. Any > articles that you guys know of or anything would be helpful. Also > some arguments to open source our code would be good so that I could win > over my colleagues. The key thing to the project for us is to keep it as > simple as possible so that training new guys is simple. Good thing that > Flask is just that. > > Anyways thanks for any input. > > ~Jonathan
@Jesse Dubay, thanks for the input. Does anybody have any tips or things to help organize an open source project? ~Jonathan C. On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Jesse Dubay <jesse@thefortytwo.net> wrote: > Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub wrote a great post on why open sourcing > as much code as you can is good for your company: > > http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html > > Jesse > > On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > So i am going forward with developing a CMS-like Flask app for my > company. > > Because we are a small company and we are not planning to really make > money > > off of this software we were thinking of just open sourcing the code > minus > > company assets and designs. We were thinking that we could get some > > help/critique and contribute to the community. > > > > Since I have never been active in any open source project nor have I have > > contributed much to any open source project (always wanted to, but never > had > > enough time). I would need some help and pointers on how to make this a > > decent project that someone could possibly use other than ourselves. Any > > articles that you guys know of or anything would be helpful. Also > > some arguments to open source our code would be good so that I could win > > over my colleagues. The key thing to the project for us is to keep it as > > simple as possible so that training new guys is simple. Good thing that > > Flask is just that. > > > > Anyways thanks for any input. > > > > ~Jonathan >
Hi On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com>wrote: > @Jesse Dubay, thanks for the input. > > Does anybody have any tips or things to help organize an open source > project? > > Roll out your alpha version or version 0.0.1 and ask what ppl want, add features and don't expect ppl to contribute to the project immediately. I am really thinking, Admin interface(Django admin like) + well defined model is a CMS. what is your opnion ? You got anything extra why I should try your new CMS rather than wordpress or Drupal, other than its python + Flask :) ~Jonathan C. > > > > On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Jesse Dubay <jesse@thefortytwo.net>wrote: > >> Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub wrote a great post on why open sourcing >> as much code as you can is good for your company: >> >> http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html >> >> Jesse >> >> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> > Hi list, >> > >> > So i am going forward with developing a CMS-like Flask app for my >> company. >> > Because we are a small company and we are not planning to really make >> money >> > off of this software we were thinking of just open sourcing the code >> minus >> > company assets and designs. We were thinking that we could get some >> > help/critique and contribute to the community. >> > >> > Since I have never been active in any open source project nor have I >> have >> > contributed much to any open source project (always wanted to, but >> never had >> > enough time). I would need some help and pointers on how to make this a >> > decent project that someone could possibly use other than ourselves. Any >> > articles that you guys know of or anything would be helpful. Also >> > some arguments to open source our code would be good so that I could >> win >> > over my colleagues. The key thing to the project for us is to keep it as >> > simple as possible so that training new guys is simple. Good thing that >> > Flask is just that. >> > >> > Anyways thanks for any input. >> > >> > ~Jonathan >> > > -- * Thanks & Regards "Talk is cheap, show me the code" -- Linus Torvalds kracekumar www.kracekumar.com *
Well, since its the holidays we haven't really locked down the longterm strategy. For instance, we could break it down into multiple different products or group it all together into one. As far as marketing it different from Drupal or whatever, I don't know how to say, but my goal is to make whatever I make simple enough that anybody can get cracking at the code and proficient within two to four weeks. Which is the main issue that we have with our current structured site. I am pretty sure we will opensource it because it would be nice to get input and critiquing from the community. ~Jonathan C. On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:03 AM, kracekumar ramaraju < kracethekingmaker@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > > On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com>wrote: > >> @Jesse Dubay, thanks for the input. >> >> Does anybody have any tips or things to help organize an open source >> project? >> >> Roll out your alpha version or version 0.0.1 and ask what ppl want, add > features and don't expect ppl to contribute to the project immediately. > > I am really thinking, Admin interface(Django admin like) + well defined > model is a CMS. what is your opnion ? > > You got anything extra why I should try your new CMS rather than > wordpress or Drupal, other than its python + Flask :) > > ~Jonathan C. >> >> >> >> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Jesse Dubay <jesse@thefortytwo.net>wrote: >> >>> Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub wrote a great post on why open sourcing >>> as much code as you can is good for your company: >>> >>> http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html >>> >>> Jesse >>> >>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> > Hi list, >>> > >>> > So i am going forward with developing a CMS-like Flask app for my >>> company. >>> > Because we are a small company and we are not planning to really make >>> money >>> > off of this software we were thinking of just open sourcing the code >>> minus >>> > company assets and designs. We were thinking that we could get some >>> > help/critique and contribute to the community. >>> > >>> > Since I have never been active in any open source project nor have I >>> have >>> > contributed much to any open source project (always wanted to, but >>> never had >>> > enough time). I would need some help and pointers on how to make this a >>> > decent project that someone could possibly use other than ourselves. >>> Any >>> > articles that you guys know of or anything would be helpful. Also >>> > some arguments to open source our code would be good so that I could >>> win >>> > over my colleagues. The key thing to the project for us is to keep it >>> as >>> > simple as possible so that training new guys is simple. Good thing that >>> > Flask is just that. >>> > >>> > Anyways thanks for any input. >>> > >>> > ~Jonathan >>> >> >> > > > -- > * > Thanks & Regards > > "Talk is cheap, show me the code" -- Linus Torvalds > kracekumar > www.kracekumar.com > * >
Hi On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 12:03 PM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com>wrote: > Well, since its the holidays we haven't really locked down the longterm > strategy. For instance, we could break it down into multiple different > products or group it all together into one. > > As far as marketing it different from Drupal or whatever, I don't know how > to say, but my goal is to make whatever I make simple enough that anybody > can get cracking at the code and proficient within two to four weeks. Which > is the main issue that we have with our current structured site. I am > pretty sure we will opensource it because it would be nice to get input and > critiquing from the community. > > Make beta version and release soon :) > ~Jonathan C. > > > > On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 11:03 AM, kracekumar ramaraju < > kracethekingmaker@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi >> >> On Sun, Dec 25, 2011 at 12:10 AM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com>wrote: >> >>> @Jesse Dubay, thanks for the input. >>> >>> Does anybody have any tips or things to help organize an open source >>> project? >>> >>> Roll out your alpha version or version 0.0.1 and ask what ppl want, add >> features and don't expect ppl to contribute to the project immediately. >> >> I am really thinking, Admin interface(Django admin like) + well defined >> model is a CMS. what is your opnion ? >> >> You got anything extra why I should try your new CMS rather than >> wordpress or Drupal, other than its python + Flask :) >> >> ~Jonathan C. >>> >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Jesse Dubay <jesse@thefortytwo.net>wrote: >>> >>>> Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub wrote a great post on why open sourcing >>>> as much code as you can is good for your company: >>>> >>>> http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html >>>> >>>> Jesse >>>> >>>> On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Jonathan Chen <tamasiaina@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> > Hi list, >>>> > >>>> > So i am going forward with developing a CMS-like Flask app for my >>>> company. >>>> > Because we are a small company and we are not planning to really make >>>> money >>>> > off of this software we were thinking of just open sourcing the code >>>> minus >>>> > company assets and designs. We were thinking that we could get some >>>> > help/critique and contribute to the community. >>>> > >>>> > Since I have never been active in any open source project nor have I >>>> have >>>> > contributed much to any open source project (always wanted to, but >>>> never had >>>> > enough time). I would need some help and pointers on how to make this >>>> a >>>> > decent project that someone could possibly use other than ourselves. >>>> Any >>>> > articles that you guys know of or anything would be helpful. Also >>>> > some arguments to open source our code would be good so that I could >>>> win >>>> > over my colleagues. The key thing to the project for us is to keep it >>>> as >>>> > simple as possible so that training new guys is simple. Good thing >>>> that >>>> > Flask is just that. >>>> > >>>> > Anyways thanks for any input. >>>> > >>>> > ~Jonathan >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> * >> Thanks & Regards >> >> "Talk is cheap, show me the code" -- Linus Torvalds >> kracekumar >> www.kracekumar.com >> * >> > > -- * Thanks & Regards "Talk is cheap, show me the code" -- Linus Torvalds kracekumar www.kracekumar.com *