--- title: Open source already solved remote work. Everyone else is... description: Open source communities have been practicing distributed, asynchronous collaboration for decades before remote work became mainstream. Key practices include... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-already-solved-remote-work-everyone-else-is-just-catching-up--rubxj9aw2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Open source already solved remote work. Everyone else is just catching up. | daily.dev og:description: Open source communities have been practicing distributed, asynchronous collaboration for decades before remote work became mainstream. Key practices include... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/open-source-already-solved-remote-work-everyone-else-is-just-catching-up--rubxj9aw2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/RuBXJ9aw2.png og:image:alt: Open source already solved remote work. Everyone else is just catching up. og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Open source already solved remote work. Everyone else is just catching up. **[All Things Open](https://daily.dev/sources/allthingsopen)** · 8 min read · 7 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Open source communities have been practicing distributed, asynchronous collaboration for decades before remote work became mainstream. Key practices include written-first communication, decisions with permanent URLs, output-based evaluation rather than presence-based monitoring, and self-serve onboarding through documentation. Most companies that 'went remote' simply digitized their office habits rather than adopting truly distributed workflows. Open source contributors already possess these skills and can apply them to improve workplace collaboration. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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