A few weeks back we put OATV.com and it’s underlying code up on GitHub.

At the time, I thought it would serve as a repo for sharing some of the work we’d done in designing our new site. And my hope was that it would be helpful for someone looking to build a site with a similar look and feel.

Then, last week, something happened.

In the wake of our TimeHop funding announcement, Benny submitted the first official pull request from someone not on the OATV web team. The request was simple enough- add TimeHop to the portfolio section of our site. Renee was quick to merge the request.

Then Jesse submitted another pull request. 

This morning I sent a note to Renee about how cool this was that people were interacting with our repo in ways I’d not anticipated. To which she responded:

If I was trying to get noticed I would totally submit a pull request adding my company to the portfolio page. I wonder how long till that happens.

Now my gears are churning.

If I were a founder looking to build a relationship with a firm, this is an entirely new outlet to do so.

I’m fascinated to see where this goes.