Duck Alignment Academy

Rules and policies are necessary to define good behavior

Think of it this way: having rules and policies for behavior in your community is like documenting the community’s API.

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It’s a good reminder that our audience is broader than we might think and we should act accordingly.

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If you swoop in uninformed, you might make some correct decisions, but you’ll probably make more wrong ones.

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The Eisenhower Matrix is a simple framework for prioritizing your tasks by determining a task’s importance and urgency.

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You do your community a disservice when you treat open source as a noble pursuit that’s separate from the noise of daily life.

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You need to clearly indicate how you identify your releases. Simply saying “CalVer” does not set clear expectations for your users.

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The MoSCoW method is a simple, easy-to-use method for prioritizing work by putting into one of four categories.

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We need to motivate the behavior we want to see instead of being upset when it doesn’t happen.

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What open source trends am I looking at in 2025? Here’s a look at what I’m expecting for this year.

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How well did I capture trends in open source for 2024? I think I nailed it.

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