The early days of an open source project are really exciting, but exhausting (and totally worth it)
Tags: javascript, react, hacktoberfest, webdev
Published: 2019-10-23 16:17:05

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title: The early days of an open source project are really exciting, but exhausting (and totally worth it)
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description: ConfTalks has been out for a few days now and the response has been amazing. 
tags: javascript, react, hacktoberfest, webdev
series: ConfTalks Development Updates
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_This post was sent earlier to our newsletter._

This post is a followup on my [original post about ConfTalks' release](https://dev.to/eddyvinck/i-created-my-first-open-source-project-in-7-days-and-released-it-today-12d5). It's not necessary if you haven't read it already, but it can give you a good background on the project :)

[ConfTalks](https://github.com/EddyVinck/ConfTalks/tree/master) has only been out for a few days, and I'm so happy with all the positive responses!

![Conference talks listed on ConfTalks](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/ig1lu37ickzct3c1yofp.png)

# **Some highlights so far**

Because of the positive response I have been pretty energized to keep working on the project.

## Stats

Originally I launched ConfTalks with just the data for a single conference. Since then an additional **10 conferences have been added by the community** of which 7 are currently merged!

That is over 200 conference talks!

![Google Analytics for ConfTalks from October 19th to the 22nd](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/d6qk9nnjdhmz5byjx9hg.png)


And then there's the analytics: **1300+ people have visited ConfTalks**. This is a mindblowing number to me!

![The ConfTalks GitHub](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/3vcb4mbtic96udp048s0.png)

The GitHub repository has a total of **16 pull requests**, **21 forks** and **37 stars 🌟**

![Our Slack group has 19 members and counting](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/unq041073vu3kt1p1ju1.png)

Since the announcement **19 people have joined our Slack** workspace! And they're all awesome 😎

![28 people have joined the newsletter](https://thepracticaldev.s3.amazonaws.com/i/5cgby0e44bxzlmwktdgw.png)

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# **What's next for ConfTalks**

- We're [working on a CLI](https://github.com/EddyVinck/ConfTalks/pull/12) to make adding data easier. 
- We're adding data and [solving issues](https://github.com/EddyVinck/ConfTalks/issues)
- New ways to filter will be added
- GitHub issue and PR templates will be added
- We'll continue to make ConfTalks a great place for developers
- And we'll keep you updated!

# **Thank you!**

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far! If you would like to contribute as well you can head over to our [GitHub repository](https://github.com/EddyVinck/ConfTalks/tree/master). You can also join our free [community Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/conftalks/shared_invite/enQtNzk1MjA1ODQ2NzM3LTRkMmU0YmRhZDEzYmUxZTEyYjhlMWYzOWIyYTU0NDBkMGFlN2U3MjJmNWE5MjM4ZDM1Yzg0M2QwZWUzODllMzM). Don't forget about [the newsletter 💌](https://emailoctopus.com/lists/b6cc50a1-f282-11e9-be00-06b4694bee2a/forms/subscribe)! Updates get shared there first 👀


Special thanks to 
- Everyone who submitted one or more PRs:
[dios-david](https://github.com/dios-david), [josectobar](https://github.com/josectobar), [Jon309](https://github.com/Jon309), [reegoram](https://github.com/reegoram), [deniskond](https://github.com/deniskond), [cecyc](https://github.com/cecyc), [vishwasmattur](https://github.com/vishwasmattur), [meganvbarton](https://github.com/meganvbarton), [villabunterkunt](https://github.com/villabunterkunt), [stefanrempe](https://github.com/stefanrempe), [dammak](https://github.com/EddyVinck/ConfTalks/issues?q=is%3Apr+is%3Aopen+author%3ADAMMAK), and [GabsRTX](https://github.com/GabsRTX)
- Everyone who submitted an issue
- Everyone in the [community Slack](https://join.slack.com/t/conftalks/shared_invite/enQtNzk1MjA1ODQ2NzM3LTRkMmU0YmRhZDEzYmUxZTEyYjhlMWYzOWIyYTU0NDBkMGFlN2U3MjJmNWE5MjM4ZDM1Yzg0M2QwZWUzODllMzM) who contributes in other ways
- Everyone who joined [the newsletter 💌](https://emailoctopus.com/lists/b6cc50a1-f282-11e9-be00-06b4694bee2a/forms/subscribe)
- My colleagues at [DEITY](https://deity.io) 💚 for discussing the project with me
- You for reading this post until the end ❤️