Over the last few days, I spent some time going through the WordPress Contributor Learning materials. Most of the ideas weren't new to me, but they reminded me why WordPress has become one of the largest and most successful open source projects.

Many people think open source simply means making the source code public.

It's much more than that. It's about building software, building communities, and building trust.

Here are the biggest lessons I took away.

1️⃣ Many eyes make software better