HACKER Q&A
📣 samedev

Is Jobs HN for FOSS?


I was working for colider, it's on codeberg, but i want some contributers, so i am just asking this question.


  👤 gus_massa Accepted Answer ✓
It's impossible to get contributors for projects they don't use [1]. You need users. Once you get users you will get power users. Once you get power users, they may care and try to contribute.

As I said in a previous post, where are the examples?

Let's ask some questions:

What type of garbage colector? No/Manual? Reference counting? Tracing?

How do I loop 100 times?

Can I add "1"+2 ? The result is "12", 3 or an error?

[1] Except for very specific task, like fixing typos, or changing the GC, or rewriting the custom test method to use Github/codeberg/whatever actions.


👤 brudgers
To the best of my knowledge, posting to the Jobs page is a benefit of being a YC funded company.

But you can use the contact link at the bottom to ask the moderators.


👤 nis0s
There’s nothing wrong with posting your openings, and indicating their exact nature. If anyone has a problem, you can always remove the post.