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"There's no trust or reputation in OSS" is a pretty interesting take.


What I'm trying to get at is if a PR comes in that looks decent at a glance, well in the past that was a strong signal and now it's not. But you can fall back on the relationship you have with the author. Trust , reputation. In OSS often you have no relationship with the author (of course ex established contributors or people who have well established public reputation). Whereas in a typical workplace you will quickly establish a relationship with those you work with




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