Thanks for your comment and reply! Very valid points.
> what if someone else submits a solution for the ticket I'm in the middle of?
You're right, the bounty should display the number of people working on it and when they started. That should be a feature - thanks!
> What if my solution is valid, but not accepted?
Very valid point again. I'd say it depends on the specification. When we did it https://algora.io/algora/challenge/bounties/1 we specified that we will reward the best submissions and not all of them. And we did only reward 3/5 PRs. Another early user chose to award all submissions. As long as it's specified and clear, people can decide accordingly.
> Production work on an unfamiliar project warrants some discussion
The past few months a recent graduate has been contributing to Algora before starting her job at Snap this summer, and we never actually spoke! Of course, there's plenty of discussion in issue & PR comment threads. The same goes for most open source software contributors around the world. But I see where you're coming from! It might come down to sufficient documentation.
> what if someone else submits a solution for the ticket I'm in the middle of?
You're right, the bounty should display the number of people working on it and when they started. That should be a feature - thanks!
> What if my solution is valid, but not accepted?
Very valid point again. I'd say it depends on the specification. When we did it https://algora.io/algora/challenge/bounties/1 we specified that we will reward the best submissions and not all of them. And we did only reward 3/5 PRs. Another early user chose to award all submissions. As long as it's specified and clear, people can decide accordingly.
> Production work on an unfamiliar project warrants some discussion
The past few months a recent graduate has been contributing to Algora before starting her job at Snap this summer, and we never actually spoke! Of course, there's plenty of discussion in issue & PR comment threads. The same goes for most open source software contributors around the world. But I see where you're coming from! It might come down to sufficient documentation.