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active contributor hours

Alejandro Vaz edited this page Sep 23, 2026 · 4 revisions

some notes on when most one-time contributors that find an issue, implement it, and then disappear exist

there seems to be two groups:

  • at around 5-7am UTC: I guess people that want to work on something in the morning
  • then late at night, 10pm onwards until around 1-2am: code night

when creating an issue, it is a good idea to publish it right before these periods start so it is more likely that these kinds of contributors find them

of course, it does not apply to already-stablished contributors

the amount of open issues that seems to peak contribution is ~30, and fairly skewed towards recently open

issues that tend to be well received:

  • fixes, regressions
  • features
  • "implementation details are left for the contributor to decide"
  • "help wanted" but not "good first issue" = some good contributor may take it
  • small changes attract one-time contributors

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