# Stack Overflow open source advertising

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-open-source-advertising/20007>\
**Category:** Community\
**Created:** [January 23, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-open-source-advertising/20007 "2019-01-23T21:36:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 9:36pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-open-source-advertising/20007/1 "2019-01-23T21:36:42Z")

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Each year the StackOverflow folks ask for a graphical ad for an open source programming project. Now they’re asking for new ideas:

[https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/379273/open-source-advertising-1h-2019](https://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/379273/open-source-advertising-1h-2019)

Since I did the previous two ads for 2017 and 2018 I thought it would only be fair for someone else to have a go for 2019.

So unleash those creative juices and get designing!

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**Author:** ![Datseris](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/datseris/32/13406_2.png) [@Datseris](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Datseris)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-open-source-advertising/20007/2 "2019-01-23T21:46:30Z")

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I applaud the man (meaning human) that will dare carry on the legacy of @cormullion. Everyone is well aware of your skills! 😃

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**Author:** ![Tamas\_Papp](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tamas_papp/32/25949_2.png) [@Tamas\_Papp](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tamas_Papp)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2019, 7:29am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-open-source-advertising/20007/3 "2019-01-24T07:29:53Z")

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> [@cormullion](#):
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> I thought it would only be fair for someone else to have a go for 2019.

I think you did a great job previously, and if you are still willing to do it and no one else steps up, it would be great if you want to do an ad again.

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**Author:** ![cormullion](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/cormullion/32/49131_2.png) [@cormullion](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/cormullion)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-open-source-advertising/20007/4 "2019-01-27T23:11:11Z")

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Since there were no takers (😅) I put together an ad and posted it. If you like it (and/or want to support Julia), please upvote it; if you don’t like it, please downvote _and_ comment (feedback is the sauce that makes the internet better…!).

I nicked the idea from Scott (@swt30) Thomas’ work at JuliaCon2018 - I thought it might be an interesting angle to investigate visually.

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**Author:** ![00vareladavid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/00vareladavid/32/23521_2.png) [@00vareladavid](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/00vareladavid)\
**Post date:** [January 27, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/stack-overflow-open-source-advertising/20007/5 "2019-01-27T23:25:42Z")

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I’m a fan of the idea. The only concern I have would be the scale at which the ad gets displayed. If its a lot smaller, then the text on the left side might be too squished together.

If I may (hopefully not rudely) offer some food for thought, the idea of naming a bunch of fields might work well with an effect like this: [julia names in Base thistle | all the names in Julia Base as… | Flickr](https://www.flickr.com/photos/153311384@N03/44331115242/).