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I've been thinking about doing office hours recently and this is just the motivation I needed to set it up! So thank you OP.
Paranoid me is a little nervous about putting up a scheduling link publicly, but here goes: I work on Typesense [1], which is an open source alternative to Algolia and an easier to use alternative to ElasticSearch. If you want to talk search and/or Typesense - DMs and Office Hours open: https://calendly.com/jason-typesense/typesense-office-hours
[1] https://github.com/typesense/typesense
For Jam (open source Clubhouse) we do a weekly “Jam Jam” which basically is an audio space that people can join (no video, no calendar slot negotiation, connecting with others who use the project).
We link to it in our readme
https://gitlab.com/jam-systems/jam
(can be improved)
I wonder if there is a better name for the concept that works for international audiences and people who don’t know the concept from academia.
For larger projects I can also imagine other formats like “show and tell” or “Q & A” where people submit questions (maybe even with donations or paid to create an income stream for the people working on the project)
You can use a platform like otechie. There people are required to put in their card details before starting a conversation. This is what I do with open-wa (https://github.com/open-wa/wa-automate-nodejs#support)
Because I sell license keys to unlock features, it allows me to provide generalized support and quick bug fixes via the discord. If people need help with integration in their specific code base then that's when I ask them to go through the "consulting route" - if it's quick they use otechie. If it's more involved (1+ days) then we work out a contract arrangement.
I hardly get any clients through these means but it does put a clear value on my time which results in the community appreciating the time and effort into the project and the real time support (via discord).