As a community, as collaborators, as coders, what does it mean to be “open”?

This goes way beyond “open source”. Open practice can mean opening yourself up to vulnerability. It can mean opening the door to outside influence. It can also bring great benefit and surprise.

I know this because I used to work in a very closed-off way. But over the past ten years, I’ve gradually adopted a more open practice. I am still learning what it really means to be open, but I want to (openly) share everything I’ve learned so far about the unexpected rewards it can bring.

Normalise sharing scrappy fiddles!

Lu Wilson

Lu creates slightly-surreal videos about creative-coding under the Todepond moniker. They are one of the hosts of the Future of Coding podcast, a coder at tldraw, and a researcher in residence at Ink and Switch.