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---
title: "Pixelfed team member"
summary: "Turning a one-person project into an organized effort."
author: "Abdullah Tarawneh"
date: "2019-01-06"
tags: ["pixelfed", "project management", "product management", "github issues", "documentation"]
category: "Work"
cover: "/images/pixelfed.jpg"
---

## Overview

## Being invited to the team

In June 2018, I made a [masterpost issue](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/73) including every bug and missing feature from the initial beta release, with a big checklist and organized into areas of interest.

{{< img src="masterpost.jpg" alt="Masterpost of missing functionality and issues from the beta launch" >}}

Additionally, I reported many bugs and contributed some fixes for some months.

dansup decided to invite me to join the Pixelfed organization on Github on January 6, 2019.

## Responsibilities

### Issue triage

I implemented the current issue tagging system.

Issues are assigned tags by the domain they inhabit, a Milestone by rough version target, and a Project by which feature they pertain to. 

### Design consultancy

dansup does a lot of experimenting with building out mock features, and I'm there to tell him which ones are good ideas and which ones are bad ideas.

> i don't trust anyone as much as you to shape the direction of the project.
>
> -- dansup, Pixelfed developer

### Release planning

0.x betas each usually focus on one feature and related development around it. When the focus changes, a new 0.x beta will be tagged. We have a few more betas left, for circles, and for polish. If it weren't for me, dansup would have tagged 1.0 already and media attention would have been lackluster.
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			`title: "Pixelfed team member"`
			`summary: "Turning a one-person project into an organized effort."`
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			`date: "2019-01-06"`
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			`## Overview`

			`## Being invited to the team`

add img shortcode, content update 2020-10-30 00:53:56 +00:00			`In June 2018, I made a [masterpost issue](https://github.com/pixelfed/pixelfed/issues/73) including every bug and missing feature from the initial beta release, with a big checklist and organized into areas of interest.`
WIP split into categories 2020-10-17 02:41:13 +00:00
add img shortcode, content update 2020-10-30 00:53:56 +00:00			`{{< img src="masterpost.jpg" alt="Masterpost of missing functionality and issues from the beta launch" >}}`

			`Additionally, I reported many bugs and contributed some fixes for some months.`

			`dansup decided to invite me to join the Pixelfed organization on Github on January 6, 2019.`
WIP split into categories 2020-10-17 02:41:13 +00:00
			`## Responsibilities`

			`### Issue triage`

			`I implemented the current issue tagging system.`

add img shortcode, content update 2020-10-30 00:53:56 +00:00			`Issues are assigned tags by the domain they inhabit, a Milestone by rough version target, and a Project by which feature they pertain to.`
WIP split into categories 2020-10-17 02:41:13 +00:00
			`### Design consultancy`

			`dansup does a lot of experimenting with building out mock features, and I'm there to tell him which ones are good ideas and which ones are bad ideas.`

add img shortcode, content update 2020-10-30 00:53:56 +00:00			`> i don't trust anyone as much as you to shape the direction of the project.`
			`>`
			`> -- dansup, Pixelfed developer`

WIP split into categories 2020-10-17 02:41:13 +00:00			`### Release planning`

			`0.x betas each usually focus on one feature and related development around it. When the focus changes, a new 0.x beta will be tagged. We have a few more betas left, for circles, and for polish. If it weren't for me, dansup would have tagged 1.0 already and media attention would have been lackluster.`