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[quivo]

Currently working on:

Github repo for our first coding efforts: github repo Hashing out the roadmap: roadmap, commentable by anyone with the link
Web framework cagematch: still ongoing, though we are currently roughing out 0.1 in Django

Want to help? Check out the fanarchive trello board. The "Getting Started" and "Ongoing Work" columns will be where you find most of the tasks that need extra hands.

As always, if you want to be added on trello or as an editor to a specific google doc or sheet, reply to this entry with your contact info, PM me here at DW, email me at quivo at pinqury.com, or PM me at log_quivo#8714 on discord. If it's your first time reaching out, it'd be helpful to let me know re your experience level with what you're planning on helping out with.

Want to chat while you do all of the above? Join us here on Discord.

Tentative contributor list

Format: contributor name, contributor email (if given) -- Current role.
Experienced in? Willing to?

quivo, quivo at pinqury.com -- comm mod & admin, suggestion shuffling, coding.
Moderate experience with html/css. Willing to lead this thing for the time being, plus learn to code with backend stack

dlh -- comm mod.
Some experience with project management at tech companies. Willing to do admin help, suggestion collation, documentation etc.

curiouskitten -- testing and helping.
I read and code HTML/CSS, C++ and Matlab code okay and wouldn't mind picking up a new language for this.

theliterator, theLiterator at gmail.com -- suggestion shuffling, documentation.
Helpdesk guy by choice, has solid experience being the bridge between users and technical staff, willing to help with future documentation needs.

zinnia_au, zinniafinlay at gmail.com -- comm mod, admin, wrangling, misc.
Former tech support & sysadmin, some experience in project management, web design and db dev, plus sysadmin stuff, CMS stuff and documentation.

tai, turqoise.tai at gmail.com -- testing and documentation.
Has experience in testing and documentation, plus some coding knowledge, and is willing to pick up whatever we end up going with for the backend, depending on time.

Comments

New FFA post soliciting opinions / polling meme on what language/framework

[(Anonymous)]

https://fail-fandomanon.dreamwidth.org/306534.html?thread=1745527910#cmt1745527910

Joining in

[heliogentric]

Hi! I've been in the meme threads from the beginning but just made a DW and Github account. I'll be reading through the Trello boards and the roadmap but wanted to let you know I'm excited and on board.

I've got several years of experience in web dev, including some database design and administration. Currently working on Django/Postgres websites, although most of my experience is in ASP.Net/SQL Server. I've done both long-term support and building new websites, so I tend to focus more on maintainability and documentation than most programmers I've met. I have also done user support, technical writing, and a bit of Linux server admin.

I'm Helio Gentric on Trello and heliogentric on github.

Re: Joining in

[quivo]

Hi back! Sorry about the late response, I've not been checking these comments as often as I should /o. Glad to know you're interested in helping out, AND that you've got so much experience! I'll go ahead and add you on Trello and github later today.

Can I be some help?

[aspiringtransplant]

Hi! I've been lurking in the FFA threads about this for a while, and I'd be interested in helping out.

I've got a few years of experience in application development. Right now I'm working on a web app using Node/Typescript/Angular4, but I've done the full stack from database (mostly MSSQL) to UI. I'd love to be able to contribute to development on this project!

I'm lamehl on github, aspiringtransplant on trello, and aspiringtransplant#8202 on discord.

Re: Can I be some help?

[quivo]

That would be fantastic! I'll go ahead and add you on trello and on github in a minute :D

What would you be interested in working on?

Re: Can I be some help?

[aspiringtransplant]

Thank you! I'd mostly be interested in coding and maybe devops if you need someone for that.

Re: Can I be some help?

[quivo]

Oh, cool! As far as devops goes, I think it'll be a while before there's a need for much specialized effort there. Running a demo instance of the archive on pythonanywhere or heroku shouldn't need too much babying.

Could definitely use coding help, though. I've mostly been fiddling with a Django install so far; would you be interested in hitting up a tutorial for that + Python and jumping in? Or, if you've not got much time to dig in this week, you could also just try spinning the archive up on heroku and letting me know if you run into issues there.

(Which reminds me, I never did get around to sorting out admin user registration. Going to stick that in the trello before I forget...)