Documentation and Quitting Open Source

Ryan Bigg joined the show to talk about his open source work on the documentation of Ruby on Rails, fund raising, crowd sourcing, departure, handing off, not quitting, making the right decision, getting paid, sustaining, and more.

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Featuring:

• Ryan Bigg – Website, GitHub, X
• Nadia Eghbal – GitHub, X
• Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• The Asset Pipeline Guide
• Ryan Bigg on _theInitialCommit

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!