Building Developer Community One Pull Request at a Time

Discover strategies for building and nurturing a thriving developer community in this 46-minute conference talk from Voxxed Days Singapore 2018. Learn from Alex Bulankou, an Engineering Manager at Facebook, as he shares insights gained from leading teams at Microsoft and Facebook that rely heavily on developer contributions. Explore effective techniques for igniting interest and facilitating collaboration within both internal and external developer communities. Gain valuable knowledge on managing open-source projects, handling high-volume contributions, and creating a successful contribution model. Understand the critical importance of communication, documentation, and deliberate actions in fostering a vibrant developer ecosystem. Uncover best practices for maintaining multiple GitHub repositories and enabling custom metric generation scenarios across various teams.