diff --git a/blog/2025/12/24-first-six-months-of-borr.md b/blog/2025/12/24-first-six-months-of-borr.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8dad0bc --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/2025/12/24-first-six-months-of-borr.md @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +--- +title: First 6 Months of The BORR Project +slug: first-six-months-of-borr +authors: r0hitm +draft: true +--- + +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. + + + +### Repos & Discord Community + +- 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. +- Our Discord server leverages new community features like onboarding, forums, event channels, and AutoMod. We also recently activated our server tag. +- 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. +- We held active cohort meetings with consistent participation and organized a server event around the CodinGame Summer Challenge. + +### Curriculum + +- We promptly addressed issues with courses affected by Coursera's removal of the audit option by identifying alternative resources. +- 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. +- 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. +- 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. + +## Roadmap for the Next 6 Months + +Beyond gathering user feedback and adapting to community needs, our key goals for the next half-year include: + +- Developing comprehensive "Setting Up Your Development Environment" guides, inspired by The Odin Project. +- Creating a showcase board for students to share their curriculum work and projects. +- Hosting more server events and group activities. +- Formalizing a governance structure that is open and collaborative. +- Organizing focus groups (tutors, website maintainers, curriculum maintainers, etc.) and assigning roles. +- And marketing! We plan to announce the Borr Project on Reddit, Hacker News, and the wider internet to acquire more users. + +Join us in building a place where we can all geek out and learn together! diff --git a/blog/authors.yml b/blog/authors.yml index a5b4986..82e56c9 100644 --- a/blog/authors.yml +++ b/blog/authors.yml @@ -1,5 +1,15 @@ pulkitkrishna: name: Pulkit Krishna - url: https://github.com/pulkitkrishna00 image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/72264063 page: true + socials: + github: pulkitkrishna00 + +r0hitm: + name: Rohit M + title: Moe Programmer + image_url: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/63762981 + socials: + github: r0hitm + url: https://devavatar.com + page: true diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json index 7531239..bbe240f 100644 --- a/package-lock.json +++ b/package-lock.json @@ -234,7 +234,6 @@ "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@algolia/client-search/-/client-search-5.44.0.tgz", "integrity": "sha512-/FRKUM1G4xn3vV8+9xH1WJ9XknU8rkBGlefruq9jDhYUAvYozKimhrmC2pRqw/RyHhPivmgZCRuC8jHP8piz4Q==", "license": "MIT", - 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