A teammate asked me to help them level up their PR descriptions. As a part of this exploration, I built a rubric with seven dimensions, four quality tiers, and real examples from open source and in...
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February 17, 2026 I’ve been asked this question more times than I can count. It usually comes up right after someone pitches an InnerSource program, gets conditional approval, and then gets told t...
CODEOWNERS files are one of those things that start out accurate and slowly drift. People change teams, leave the company, or shift responsibilities - but the CODEOWNERS file stays frozen in time. ...
If you manage dozens or hundreds of repositories, it’s surprisingly hard to answer a simple question: are all of them keeping their dependencies up to date? Some repos might have Dependabot enabled...
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Organizations accumulate repositories over time. Some are actively maintained, but many become abandoned - no commits, no issues, no activity. These stale repos clutter your catalog, confuse new te...
Running an Open Source Programs Office means juggling a lot of operational tasks: tracking repository health, monitoring contributor activity, ensuring dependency hygiene, and measuring how well yo...