Draft — outline for now. The full write-up is on its way.
Almost all of Pontoon is built and reviewed in public. That changes how decisions get made: every change has to weigh what staff need against how the volunteer community actually works. This piece is about what that has been like in practice.
What this will cover
- Reviewing in public, and how it shapes the way I write changes
- Balancing staff priorities against community workflows
- A few moments where contributor feedback redirected the work
- The parts of open source that surprised me
Placeholder for now — I will flesh each of these out with concrete examples.