Luke demonstrates the principle that when knowledge and technology are made easily accessible to all, the quality of life improvements that follow are as undeniable as the benefits it provides to society as a…
Humanity in Open Source
Thoughts on how the open source world is changing in the AI era, not always for the better.
Why Open Source Failed
(If you like this essay, you may be interested in my follow-up, “Save Open Source, Save the World”)
It's time to pay the maintainers
Or, what Voltron can teach us about improving open source development.
Built to benefit everyone
OpenAI’s recapitalization strengthens mission-focused governance, expanding resources to ensure AI benefits everyone while advancing innovation responsibly.
Why Open Source Failed. (If you like this essay, you may be… | by Joh…
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The Missing Middle of Open Source
Why serious, maintainer-driven projects struggle to sustain themselves—and what it will take to fix it.
Why open source: 25 reasons to embrace it | Ben Balter
Open source isn't a fad. Here are twenty-five economic, moral, and personal reasons your organization should embrace it.
Moving beyond the charity framework
A healthy ecosystem for supporting open source in the long term.
Sustainable Open Source: The Maintainers Perspective or: How I Learned to Stop Caring and Love Open Source
Open Source Saturation
In Supporting Open Source Software I discussed the critical need for better support for contributors to open source projects. Now, Quo Vadi...
AI creates asymmetric pressure on Open Source
How Open Source communities can adapt to AI-generated contributions without overwhelming Open Source maintainers
Open source beyond the market
Keynote on the topic of open source, markets, debts, purpose, and no less than the meaning of life. Delivered at RailsConf 2019. Also available as a long read below.
Open source was not ready for AI-speed contributions
AI did not create the maintainer burden problem in open source. It accelerated it. Contributors are being amplified, but maintainers are still the verification bottleneck.
Open source was not ready for AI-speed contributions
AI did not create the maintainer burden problem in open source. It accelerated it. Contributors are being amplified, but maintainers are still the verification bottleneck.
"AI makes it cheaper to contribute to Open Source, but it's not making life easier for maintainers. More contributions are flowing in, but the burden of evaluating them still falls on the same small group of people. That asymmetric pressure risks breaking maintainers." also relevant to slop science
