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💳 Upstream Contribution process is not effortless

Khem Raj December 12, 2025 #meta

The process of getting a change accepted into a successful, high-quality open-source project is often challenging and time-consuming.

High Bar for Acceptance: To maintain quality, stability, and consistency, large projects usually have strict guidelines for code style, testing, documentation, and API compatibility.

In-Depth Review Cycle: Your code will likely go through a rigorous review by project maintainers and other contributors. They may request significant rework or redesign of your feature to ensure it aligns with the project's long-term vision and serves the general community, not just your specific use case.

Delayed Benefit: While the long-term benefit is huge, the immediate use of your change is delayed until it is officially merged and released. If you need the feature right now, this delay can be a major disadvantage.

Now go and convince your boss about paying technical debt in advance