"value":"\n <p>Yesterday's email talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2022\/10\/28\/why-write-framework-agnostic-packages\">writing reusable, framework-agnostic packages<\/a> but didn't mention where those packages could be located.<\/p>\n\n<p>They could be kept within a private repository and still have the same benefits, such as re-usability for internal projects, but I like to open-source code as often as I can and make it available publicly to see and use.<\/p>\n\n<p>My preference is to follow an open-source-first workflow, identify which parts of a solution can be open-sourced and create them as open-source libraries or modules from the beginning rather than planning to extract them later. They can then be included within the main project using a dependency manager tool like Composer, npm or Yarn.<\/p>\n\n<p>The eBook integration project that I mentioned was an example of this. I identified which pieces could be open-sourced, set up a public repository and put together an MVP based on that project's requirements. Issues were created for nice-to-have additions that could be added later, and the working version was installed with Composer.<\/p>\n\n<p>There was no need to extract the code from the main project, no need to \"clean it up\" or check that it contained no client information, and I had the full Git history for the project - not just a new history from the point when the code was extracted and open-sourced.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've worked on projects that contained a number of potential open-source components that would be released after project completion, but this didn't always happen - I assume due to time pressures to move on to the next project, a focus on adding new features or avoiding the risk of introducing breakages into the code. If the code had been open-sourced from the beginning, these things wouldn't have been an issue.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've also worked on projects where I've followed an open-source-first approach and released a number of PHP libraries and Drupal modules, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/project\/private_message_queue\">Private Message Queue<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/project\/system_user\">System User<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/project\/null_user\">Null User<\/a> modules. I've also been working on some legacy code recently and started to replace it with a library that I've already open-sourced, even though I'm in the early stages of developing it.<\/p>\n\n<p>As someone who enjoys creating and working on open-source software, I would encourage you to open-source your code if you can and to do so sooner rather than later and not wait until the end of your project.<\/p>\n\n ",
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"processed":"\n <p>Yesterday's email talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oliverdavies.uk\/daily\/2022\/10\/28\/why-write-framework-agnostic-packages\">writing reusable, framework-agnostic packages<\/a> but didn't mention where those packages could be located.<\/p>\n\n<p>They could be kept within a private repository and still have the same benefits, such as re-usability for internal projects, but I like to open-source code as often as I can and make it available publicly to see and use.<\/p>\n\n<p>My preference is to follow an open-source-first workflow, identify which parts of a solution can be open-sourced and create them as open-source libraries or modules from the beginning rather than planning to extract them later. They can then be included within the main project using a dependency manager tool like Composer, npm or Yarn.<\/p>\n\n<p>The eBook integration project that I mentioned was an example of this. I identified which pieces could be open-sourced, set up a public repository and put together an MVP based on that project's requirements. Issues were created for nice-to-have additions that could be added later, and the working version was installed with Composer.<\/p>\n\n<p>There was no need to extract the code from the main project, no need to \"clean it up\" or check that it contained no client information, and I had the full Git history for the project - not just a new history from the point when the code was extracted and open-sourced.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've worked on projects that contained a number of potential open-source components that would be released after project completion, but this didn't always happen - I assume due to time pressures to move on to the next project, a focus on adding new features or avoiding the risk of introducing breakages into the code. If the code had been open-sourced from the beginning, these things wouldn't have been an issue.<\/p>\n\n<p>I've also worked on projects where I've followed an open-source-first approach and released a number of PHP libraries and Drupal modules, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/project\/private_message_queue\">Private Message Queue<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/project\/system_user\">System User<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drupal.org\/project\/null_user\">Null User<\/a> modules. I've also been working on some legacy code recently and started to replace it with a library that I've already open-sourced, even though I'm in the early stages of developing it.<\/p>\n\n<p>As someone who enjoys creating and working on open-source software, I would encourage you to open-source your code if you can and to do so sooner rather than later and not wait until the end of your project.<\/p>\n\n ",
