Friction

I wanted to develop a habit to go for a daily walk, and I will always find a reason to skip more often than not, then I decided to give fewer reasons to my mind. e.g. no need to wear sports-wear, no need to stick to a time-slot, no need to cover certain distance. It came down to time spent on tying the laces. I bought the slip-on shoes and that did it !

Friction is amount of pre-work one needs to do in order to use something they want to use. If we wonder what will make your open-source project garner more users or more contributors, the answer is simple,

"reduce the friction" for someone to use the project

"reduce the friction" for someone to make a contribution

"reduce the friction" for someone to file a bug-report

"reduce the friction" for someone to build your project

Fill in the activities specific to your project.

Reducing friction is central piece from project adoption to self-improvements and anything we do.