Going Open Source

2024-04-30

Henry

Today's the six month anniversary of the launch of 666a. On launch day, I wasn't sure if anyone would even use it. Six months and several thousand sent emails later, the demand's proven, and it's feeling like too long since I took a scary leap of faith like that. So just in time for May 1st tomorrow, here's another gamble: 666a is now an open source project!

The repo's over at github.com/henrycatalinismith/666a.se. Go chuck it a star if you have a GitHub account!

If you're interested in taking a deeper look, there's info about setting up a 666a development environment, some devops things to help avoid disasters and facilitate recovering from them when they do happen, and even some architectural notes.

I've also begun documenting the work ahead as GitHub issues and projects. Some of it is marked as “good first issue” to facilitate getting a first commit for anyone who'd like to jump in right away. You'll notice I have big ideas for the labour law translations in particular. There's lots to do though, and I haven't been able to write it all down in time for today. The signup flow could probably use a bit of love, for example. I'd also really like to have as much of the site as possible available in English, Swedish and Arabic, and I don't have the time or linguistic ability to make that happen alone.

So whether you're a designer, or a developer, or maybe you speak a bunch of languages and can help with translating, or whatever else, don't be a stranger. I'm available at henry@666a.se in addition to the various tools and platforms listed above.

In the meantime, do us both a favour and share this somewhere!