Kevin Xu

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Kevin is currently an Entreprenuer-in-Residence at OSS Capital. He writes weekly about the broader technology industry on Interconnected. He was previously General Manager of Global Strategy and Operations at PingCAP, a commercial open source company behind the NewSQL database TiDB. He frequently shares his writing on open source, community building, and business models on Twitter, LinkedIn.

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Authored Content

Improve open source community sustainability by tracking these two metrics

Focusing on metrics around community ownership and incentives can increase your odds of building a sustainable open source project.

3 metrics to measure your open source community health

Community building is critical to the success of any open source project. Here's how to evaluate your community's health and strengthen it.

How to write effective documentation for your open source project

Documentation quality can make the difference in people trying your project or passing it by.

A quick and easy way to make your first open source contribution

3 steps for product marketing your open source project

Marketing an open source project is mainly about education, and traditional marketing techniques do not apply.

A framework for building products from open source projects

Here is a roadmap for turning a project into a commercial open source product.

Authored Comments

Kevin Xu

21 Mar 2020

3 metrics to measure your open source community health

Thank you, Collin. What types of open source community activities are happening in India? I would love to learn more about your ecosystem. Feel free to connect with me on Twitter or LinkedIn.

Kevin Xu

13 Mar 2020

How to write effective documentation for your open source project

100%. It's something that also needs to be done routinely, perhaps once every quarter at least. User feedback changes, and "newbie questions" evolve over time, so the docs must keep up and speak to those needs.