I’ve been curious about Bonfire since I came across it last year, and have been looking forward to 1.0. I have some experience with optimisation, and would be happy to help, but may need some guidance as my Elixir/LiveView/Phoenix is still at a hobbyist level.
elepedus
ivanminutillo
happy to support you in getting up to speed 
Getting help on optimisation would be awesome 
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shankardevy
Bonfire was definitely in my list to review when I compiled a list of open source projects for nonprofits. However I couldn’t quickly get it running locally and found the setup documentation bit difficult to scan through. I am happy to check again with the docs and see if I can get it running locally and can look at some of the open issues. Thanks for your work!
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joey_the_snake
Generally people contribute to things they think will benefit themselves. Some ways this might happen:
- They want to use your product to help further some personal goal of theirs
- They think contributing to your project will help build skills they want to reach their own personal goals
- They are paid money
For 1 and 2 it is hard because you really have to convince strangers you have something to offer they can’t find easier/better elsewhere. It is easier to do this once you’re established and people hop aboard the hype train.
In my opinion, 3 is your best bet. I don’t see anything on your Github page about money so making that more obvious might help.
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ivanminutillo
dennyabrain
I think the decision to use just as the build tool and having the various components be split in different repos that are then pulled in when setting the dev environment, add to the learning curve to get onboarded. I am guessing when things work this wouldn’t be a problem. In my case it didnt work right away and when I started debugging, that’s when I realized how the project is structured in an unusual way compared to other elixir projects.
Maybe a high level overview of the build process and what all happens when one runs the just config or just setup commands could help simplify things 
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cevado
I had the same issue a year or so ago when I was thinking to contribute. I asked around some issues and in the matrix chat but It was really a pain to have it running locally. When I finally was able to run it locally(mostly using docker iirc) there was a pain navigating the internals of the project. I’m not sure if it was the amount of moving pieces or the lack of docs at the time.
I was waiting a full release to try running an instance and try learning the internals of the project to try to contribute again.
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cevado
I really like this project i’ve been following it way before the beta, i’ve played around the test server when you people made it public. I hope it grows and become a solid option on fediverse.
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ivanminutillo
ivanminutillo
Thanks for the ongoing discussion, I’m thrilled by the words of encouragement and vitality of the elixir community
We’ve decided to tackle some of the challenges exposed in this thread through a series of “expeditions” aimed at improving different parts of the Bonfire framework and pave the way to the awaited 1.0 by co-designing the missing pieces with communities and developers.
The first expedition, named Surveying will address documentation, onboarding and developer experience - we’ve published a blog post to explain it more in details: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/surveying_expedition/
But in a nutshell:
- We’re looking for 5 elixir developers to begin with
- Each developer will have a 1-hour pairing session with the Bonfire team
- During the session, the participant will go through the setup of the bonfire developer environment and the creation of a Hello World extension.
- Developers will vocalize their thoughts, doubts, and suggestions throughout the process
- The Bonfire team will provide support and help overcome any obstacles when necessary
- The Bonfire team will incorporate feedback into the codebase and documentation and refine the onboarding experience for the next session
- Participants can request compensation of €50 for their time
What do you think? Of course it would be great to have some of you joining the expedition - feel free to DM me or send a mail at team@bonfire.cafe 
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