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| 1 | +--- |
| 2 | +title: First 6 Months of The BORR Project |
| 3 | +slug: first-six-months-of-borr |
| 4 | +authors: r0hitm |
| 5 | +draft: true |
| 6 | +--- |
| 7 | + |
| 8 | +The BORR Project started out as a community fork of OSSU to rebuild the community where people can come together, geek out, and support one another in a peer learning environment for computer science and math. Six months in, we’re excited to share our progress. |
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| 12 | +### Repos & Discord Community |
| 13 | + |
| 14 | +- We launched a new Docusaurus-based website. Compared to a GitHub README, it offers a significantly better user experience and allows us to organize supplementary information without clutter. Recent additions include progress tracking (inspired by The Odin Project) and global search. |
| 15 | +- Our Discord server leverages new community features like onboarding, forums, event channels, and AutoMod. We also recently activated our server tag. |
| 16 | +- Despite having only 83 members (at the time of writing), we observed **13% more activity** in public channels over the last 5 months compared to the OSSU server. |
| 17 | +- We held active cohort meetings with consistent participation and organized a server event around the CodinGame Summer Challenge. |
| 18 | + |
| 19 | +### Curriculum |
| 20 | + |
| 21 | +- We promptly addressed issues with courses affected by Coursera's removal of the audit option by identifying alternative resources. |
| 22 | +- We have seen familiar and new faces contributing to our repos, streamlining resource suggestions and fixes. The Preschool Math curriculum, for instance, received a complete overhaul. |
| 23 | +- We avoid a strict "lecture-only" policy, embracing books, articles, and other formats. For example, we recommend *Dive into Systems* combined with *CS:APP* lectures and labs as our primary resource, keeping the *CS:APP* textbook as an optional supplement since it is not free. This approach, suggested before students start [OSTEP](/computer-science/systems/ostep), helps students plan their studies effectively in the systems programming section. |
| 24 | +- The curriculum is actively maintained with frequent contributions on GitHub regarding courses, issues, and research suggestions. We've also added supplemental resources to many courses. |
| 25 | + |
| 26 | +## Roadmap for the Next 6 Months |
| 27 | + |
| 28 | +Beyond gathering user feedback and adapting to community needs, our key goals for the next half-year include: |
| 29 | + |
| 30 | +- Developing comprehensive "Setting Up Your Development Environment" guides, inspired by The Odin Project. |
| 31 | +- Creating a showcase board for students to share their curriculum work and projects. |
| 32 | +- Hosting more server events and group activities. |
| 33 | +- Formalizing a governance structure that is open and collaborative. |
| 34 | +- Organizing focus groups (tutors, website maintainers, curriculum maintainers, etc.) and assigning roles. |
| 35 | +- And marketing! We plan to announce the Borr Project on Reddit, Hacker News, and the wider internet to acquire more users. |
| 36 | + |
| 37 | +Join us in building a place where we can all geek out and learn together! |
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