2025 06-June 20

Morning meeting and rounds

Plant rounds with Carl Stevenson. The three old dewatering belt presses are very inefficient in their polymer usage.

Stage	Focus	Example Goal
1. Scratch an itch	Build for yourself	Automate your dev workflows
2. Show your work	Docs, demos, exposure	Useful README, shared on forums
3. Gain users	Respond to issues, improve	Get 5+ stars, first contributor
4. Community builds	Engage contributors	“Good first issue” in Issues
5. Become a reference	Others mention or depend on it	Be cited in other repos/tools
6. Scale & teach	Evangelism if desired	Blog, conference, tutorials

Start small. Ship often. Talk about it. Help others. That’s the formula.