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#phptek @ramsey Calling out that everyone using tools built on php ARE php developers

#phptek The best documentation is written by newcomers

They find the important stuff that the current folks "already know"

#phptek We need more cool applications written in PHP

I remember the blog and framework and CMS wars

Those times of competition made everything better

#phptek The way to get into open source is to show up. Mailing lists, github, discord and slack. Ask questions, read. But first you have to just show up.

#phptek if every user did just one documentation fix a year - what @ramsey calls "light open source contributions"

We would be light-years ahead

#phptek I would argue with @ramsey s statement that being active on mailing lists and helping others isn't being involved in open source

Every answer someone gives to a user's problem is mental weight a maintainer or contributor can let go of

#phptek "When you teach others you learn to do it even better" @ramsey

#phptek I miss mailing lists... except for the fact that their run with email

#phptek @ramsey telling us about stuff not working because the stuff on the system needed to be updated feels like everyday

#phptek @ramsey looking for really old mailing list posts. I think we need my first mailing list post as a service