Contributing Guidelines Draft

[BigSpaceships]

What

Adds a contributing.md with initial guidelines

Checklist

• Tested all changes locally

[tallen42]

This should go in front of house for a discussion before it is merged in.

[mbillow]

In general, I think this might be a little bit too far. Personally, I really like the approach the Kubernetes project (and various other LF/CNCF projects) have adopted: https://groups.google.com/a/kubernetes.io/g/dev/c/7Y9016gdFZw/m/nUUmxFPzAQAJ

tl;dr: If it is AI, say so. Make sure it works and make sure you understand it. Be ready for questions or be ready for rejection.

Learning to wield generative AI effectively is just as important as learning the concepts it is generating. I agree engineers should walk (code) before they run (vibe), in order to ensure they are designing the best systems. But this policy feels a little too black and white to support both ends of that spectrum.

[pikachu0542]

We should add stuff about the expectation to document your software and update any documentation that you make outdated