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DESCRIPTION:Open source has never had more contributors\, and yet\, more an
 d more projects struggle with adoption\, onboarding\, and retention. Ever 
 wondered **why**? \n\nThe **bottleneck** isn't code quality. It's the expe
 rience. More specifically the Contributor experience. Bad _READMEs_\, undo
 cumented _APIs_\, broken setup scripts\, and hostile first-timer experienc
 es kill more projects every year than any technical limitation ever will. 
 \n\n**Developer experience is now the highest-leverage contribution you ca
 n make to open source.** Yet it remains the most overlooked. \n\nIn this t
 alk\, we will prove it with evidence. We'll share concrete examples of wha
 t broke and what we fixed across API ecosystems and cloud-native infrastru
 cture: onboarding flows that cut _time-to-first-PR_\, _documentation archi
 tectures_ that actually scaled\, _API design decisions_ that reduced suppo
 rt burden\, and _contributor ladder_ structures that turned drive-by visit
 ors into long-term contributors and maintainers. If you care about **scali
 ng your open source project**\, this talk is for you.
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SUMMARY:Developer Experience is the New Open Source Contribution. Here's Wh
 y. - Eeshaan Sawant\, Shriya Chauhan
URL:https://pretalx.coscup.org/coscup-2026/talk/QGBTWB/
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