Mark MayoDec 17, 2022
Want to work on Mastodon full time? I’d like to pay a Rails dev for the next 3+ months to implement some auth improvements that matter to me but also just burn down bugs, make perf improvements, whatever is needed as this place grows. Remote 100% ok but ideally need 1+ hrs of Pacific time zone overlap, 3+hrs of GMT overlap, fair pay, meaningful work. [edit: email [email protected] to discuss more] #fedihire #ruby #rails #job
Show threadJuan LuisDec 17, 2022

@mmayo Honest question: do you have merge rights on Mastodon? If not, how will you ensure that the contributions are merged? Is there agreement from the Mastodon core team about those issues already?

In my experience, pouring time/money to an open source project doesn't do magic. It requires consensus building, a good relationship with the maintainers, and some patience.

Show threadNathan WrayDec 17, 2022
@astrojuanlu maybe a better question is, does the person he hires have merge rights
Show threadJuan LuisDec 17, 2022
@wren The person doing the work doesn't need to be the one merging the work, IMO
Show threadNathan WrayDec 17, 2022
@astrojuanlu That's fair. I do like the idea of helping to fund someone who is already a committer, if there is room for that.
Show threadMark Mayo
@wren @astrojuanlu I’m certainly open to that but certainly am not assuming that’s the kind of help anyone actually needs.
Dec 18, 2022 at 12:42amWeb