Knowledge and insights from the open source community
Open Source & Feelings 2015 talk by Jacob Kaplan-Moss about long-term commitment challenges.
Learn More βKathleen Danielson's talk on practical strategies for maintaining mental health while contributing to open source projects.
Learn More βEvan Czaplicki's talk about the difficult aspects of open source development and community management.
Learn More βRecent insights from Linus Torvalds on maintainer fatigue and the human side of open source.
Learn More βA podcast episode featuring Nolan Lawson discussing the emotional and practical realities of being an open source maintainer.
Learn More βArticle about the incident where a developer corrupted widely-used libraries, highlighting the risks of dependency on single maintainers.
Learn More βPersonal account by antirez about the challenges of maintaining popular open source projects.
Learn More βEssay about setting boundaries between code contribution and time commitment in open source.
Learn More βAnalysis of how lack of respect and recognition contributes to maintainer burnout in open source communities.
Learn More βGeorges Stavracas' personal reflection on the responsibilities and challenges of maintaining free software projects.
Learn More βPractical guidelines by Jen Krieger for maintaining sustainable involvement in open source projects.
Learn More βA tweet highlighting how GitHub's contribution graphs can inadvertently pressure maintainers and contributors.
Learn More βBeta News coverage of the Mint Linux project, highlighting the challenges of maintaining a popular Linux distribution.
Learn More βSteve Klabnik's blog on the emotional and community fallout after the original maintainer of actix-web quit due to sustained criticism over unsafe code, marking a painful moment for Rustβs values of inclusivity and collaboration.
Learn More βDHH's critique of how Automattic's business practices affect the open source ecosystem.
Learn More βAnalysis of the conflict between WordPress and WP Engine, highlighting tensions in open source business models.
Learn More βFilippo Valsorda's journey to becoming a full-time open source maintainer.
Learn More βA curated list of companies that are doing open source right, providing examples of sustainable business models.
Learn More βToolJet's experience raising venture capital funding for their open source project and the implications.
Learn More βSupabase's analysis of the decision to open source their company and the business considerations involved.
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Microsoft: 'We Love Open Source'
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Enforcing the pyramid of Open Source
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: How to build an Open Source Business in 2021 (Part 1)
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Open source has a funding problem
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Full-Time Open Source With Andrew Kelley
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: "Should You Open Source Your Startup?" by Ben Awad
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: How to pay your rent with your open source project
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Ask HN: Dear open source devs how do you sustain yourself
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Death of an Open Source Business Model
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Open source licensing and why we're changing Plausible to the AGPL license
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Xs:code launches subscription platform to monetize open-source projects
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Balancing Makers and Takers to scale and sustain Open Source
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Lack of leadership in open source results in source-available licenses
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Defining "sustainable" for an open-source project
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: FOSDEM 2019 and the challenge to finance Open Source
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Sustaining FOSS projects by democratizing the sponsorship process
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: AWS, MongoDB, and the Economic Realities of Open Source
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Open Source Confronts Its Midlife Crisis
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: An alternate ending to the tragedy of the commons
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Building a Business on Open Source
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Open Source Business Models Redux
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: Building an Open Source Service
Learn More βDiscussion on open source: The Simple Economics of Open Source
Learn More βComprehensive analysis of sustainable funding models for open source projects and their long-term viability.
Learn More βIEEE's analysis of the current crisis in open source sustainability.
Learn More βChad Whitacre's detailed examination of the sustainability crisis in open source and potential solutions.
Learn More βAnalysis of what happens when maintainers leave projects and the impact on the ecosystem.
Learn More βVaxry's candid account of the difficulties and frustrations of maintaining free and open source software projects.
Learn More βTobie Langel's exploration of whether open source needs its own framework for balancing stakeholder interests.
Learn More βDavid Nolen's insights on scaling open source projects through creating potential for contributors.
Learn More βDomenic Denicola's critique of how Hacktoberfest's approach can harm open source projects and maintainers.
Learn More βInterview with Dries Buytaert about how open source can adapt and thrive during economic downturns.
Learn More βNathan Schneider's analysis of governance models in open source and their effectiveness for sustainability.
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Don't fund Software that doesn't exist
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Theory: average bus factor = 1
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: The Internet Relies on People Working for Free
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: The Internet Was Built on the Free Labor of Open Source Developers. Is That Sustainable?
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Defining "sustainable" for an open-source project
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Letβs talk about open source sustainability
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: How we lost our ability to mend
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: How to support open-source software and stay sane
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Load-Bearing Internet People
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Software below the poverty line
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Altruism Still Fuels the Web. Businesses Love to Exploit It
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: We need Sustainable Free and Open Source Communities
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Decentralized funding? An analysis of three programs
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: $1m to pay open source maintainers on Tidelift
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Creating a New Source of Revenue for Open Source Software
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Heart of Clojure 2019 - Daniel Compton - Building Stable Foundations
Learn More βAcademic paper by Russell and Vinsel on the role of maintenance in engineering education and the ethics of care.
Learn More βJarrod Overson's analysis of the vulnerabilities in developer infrastructure and the risks they pose.
Learn More βAnalysis of the risks of depending on volunteer-built digital infrastructure and potential failure scenarios.
Learn More βDiscussion on open source sustainability: Roads and Bridges: The Unseen Labor Behind Our Digital Infrastructure
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Indigenous wisdom as a model for software design and development
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: "Open Source" Does Not Mean "Includes Free Support"
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Invasion of The Ethical Licenses
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Blood money is fine with us, says GitLab
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: 6 myths about βethicalβ open source licenses
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Why we need an Open Source Licence that considers the misuse of our code
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Major Open Source Project Revokes Access to Companies That Work with ICE
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Why We Engage in FLOSS: Answers from Core Developers
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Of Money, Responsibility, and Pride
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Why Software Projects need Heroes (Lessons Learned from 1100+ Projects)
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: What Core Contributors Want
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Why don't you accept donations?
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Mastodon Issue #11129
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Software Community Growth through "first-timers-only" issues
Learn More βDiscussion on ethics and governance in open source: Finding your tribe - choosing open source communities
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Routes of Power. Energy and Modern America
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: The Grid, Biography of an American Technology
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Roads to Power, Britain Invents the Infrastructure State
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Fueling the Boom: Gasoline Taxes, Invisibility, and the Growth of the American Highway Infrastructure, 1919-1956
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: The Road to the Model T: Culture, Road Conditions, and Innovation at the Dawn of the American Motor Age
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Networks of (colonial) power: roads in French Central Africa after World War I
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: The Changing Nature of Country Roads: Farmers, Reformers, and the Shifting Uses of Rural Space, 1880 β 1905
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Preserving the unpreservable: docile and unruly objects at MoMA
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Difference and Dependence among Digital Workers: The Case of Amazon Mechanical Turk
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Nature as infrastructure: Making and managing the Panama Canal watershed
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: States of maintenance: Power, politics, and Egypts irrigation infrastructure
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Entangled agencies, material networks and repair in a building assemblage
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Performativity, corporeality and the politics of ship disposal
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Designing for repair?: Infrastructures and materialities of breakdown
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Europeβs System Builders: The Contested Shaping of Transnational Road, Electricity and Rail Networks
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Electrifying Europe and Driving Europe
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Tensions of Europe network
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Infrastructuralism: The Pathology of Negative Externalities
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: How fast can we transition to a low-carbon energy system
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Next Generation Infrastructures
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: Mass Destruction: The Men and Giant Mines That Wired America and Scarred the Planet
Learn More βScholarly discussion on infrastructure, energy, and maintenance: The Urk World: Hibernating Infrastructures and the Quest for Urban Mining
Learn More βDiscussion on the financial consequences of neglecting open source maintainer compensation.
Learn More βExplores the real-world costs and risks of free software lacking commercial support.
Learn More βA critique of open source idealism and the unsustainable culture of 'free'.
Learn More βA reflection on leadership, seniority, and responsibility in modern software development.
Learn More βA philosophical critique of open source freedom in the context of labor and value.
Learn More βAn exploration of ideological tensions within the open source community.
Learn More βA speculative piece on future paradigms beyond open source software.
Learn More βA metaphor-rich narrative drawing parallels between art and programming.
Learn More βA radical critique of human-computer interaction through an anarchist lens.
Learn More βPhilosophical inquiry into manual work and its place in modern society.
Learn More βAdvocacy for user freedom to repair hardware against legal barriers.
Learn More βAn initiative celebrating open source maintainers, possibly launched in 2025.
Learn More βProposed initiative for formalizing open source maintenance fees.
Learn More βExploration of peer-based funding mechanisms for open projects.
Learn More βBlog post marking Maintainer Month and its significance for OSI.
Learn More βGitHub issue in which Marak declares he will no longer contribute for free.
Learn More βReflections on a GitHub funding experiment by Feross.
Learn More βA post discussing expectations and misunderstandings in OSS licensing.
Learn More βA critique of open source from a labor perspective by James Halliday.
Learn More βExplores the tension between OSS maintainers and their communities.
Learn More βA critical look at Dockerβs struggles and the broader lessons for open source businesses.
Learn More βDiscussion about Redis Labs' licensing decisions and open source economics.
Learn More βExploration of sustainability challenges for browser extension developers.
Learn More βPlanning thread for community-focused initiatives on OSS sustainability.
Learn More βA curated collection of funding sources for open source maintainers.
Learn More βThoughts on OSS funding and long-term contribution fatigue.
Learn More βA Twitter thread on emotional labor and burnout in open source.
Learn More βAn ode to the joy and human connection behind fixing software bugs.
Learn More βCockroach Labsβ decision to move away from open source licensing.
Learn More βExplores how open source is often maintained by very few people.
Learn More βCommentary on how Go reflects Googleβs priorities in software.
Learn More βPostmortem on conflicts within the Python Requests project.
Learn More βCanonical aligns Ubuntu support and security under a commercial structure.
Learn More βConversation with Andrew Russell about valuing software maintenance.
Learn More βA look at the creators of Dwarf Fortress and their move toward monetization.
Learn More βHistorical and ethical analysis of labor behind free and open source software.
Learn More βInsights into developer behavior and sentiment about open source.
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