Should Every Project You Make Be Open-Source?

If you think there’s value in publishing the project - do so! You are not obligated to offer support, nor to accept patches, nor to write documentation. A README clearly stating that is good enough, I’d say.

Some forges allow you to disable issue and pull request creation, too, making your intention to “just dump it here for educational value, take it or leave it”. Both SourceHut and Codeberg can let you set up a project like this: with code only, no bug trackers, no mailing lists, no pull requests. Just code.

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