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title: "Mara Averick (@maraaverick) | Hashnode"
description: "Open source 🥑. Read the latest articles by Mara Averick on Hashnode."
url: "https://hashnode.com/@maraaverick"
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@maraaverick

# Mara Averick

@maraaverick · Joined December 2025

Open source 🥑

### [The 2026 stdlib community survey is open](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/the-2026-stdlib-community-survey-is-open?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What would have to be true for you to reach for an existing numerical routine in JavaScript?

3 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/the-2026-stdlib-community-survey-is-open?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Sep 11](https://hashnode.com/posts/the-2026-stdlib-community-survey-is-open/6aa4035f0047bf75088d33dd)

### [Lessons learned: 100 interviews about numerical JavaScript](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/lessons-learned-100-interviews-about-numerical-javascript?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

How much of what a project believes about its users is actually based on evidence?

15 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/lessons-learned-100-interviews-about-numerical-javascript?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[1](https://hashnode.com/posts/lessons-learned-100-interviews-about-numerical-javascript/6a997eb951b65a4fefea8225) [Sep 3](https://hashnode.com/posts/lessons-learned-100-interviews-about-numerical-javascript/6a997eb951b65a4fefea8225)

### [Write It Like C: What V8's Optimizing Compilers Explain About the Zen of stdlib](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/write-it-like-c-what-v8-s-optimizing-compilers-explain-about-the-zen-of-stdlib?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

What V8's optimizing compilers explain about the Zen of stdlib—and why write it like C actually works.

35 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/write-it-like-c-what-v8-s-optimizing-compilers-explain-about-the-zen-of-stdlib?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 24](https://hashnode.com/posts/write-it-like-c-what-v8-s-optimizing-compilers-explain-about-the-zen-of-stdlib/6a8c533fc50a91c94ac87c15)

### [Your AI Policy Doesn't Have to Apply to You](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/your-ai-policy-doesn-t-have-to-apply-to-you?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

Not applying your own rules to yourself isn't always hypocrisy. Sometimes it's just correct.

11 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/your-ai-policy-doesn-t-have-to-apply-to-you?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Aug 12](https://hashnode.com/posts/your-ai-policy-doesn-t-have-to-apply-to-you/6a7c7ee4e77485e0a4603c6f)

### [Do you WANT contributors?](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/do-you-want-contributors?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

If you maintain an open-source project, your contributing file is where you set the terms—of the relationship, of the boundaries, of what you will and won't do. Own your answer. Change it when it stops working.

14 min read · [stdlib.hashnode.dev](https://stdlib.hashnode.dev/do-you-want-contributors?utm_source=hashnode&utm_medium=feed)

[Jul 23](https://hashnode.com/posts/do-you-want-contributors/6a622ff76862c16a3855ee56)