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Yet another OSS maintainer quits because of burnout. To fix this, we need better mental health resources for maintainers.

npmx launched today , and witnessing its incredible development journey has taught me a lot about what I'm calling the collaboration feedback loops of successful Open Source projects - patterns where every contribution to a project makes future contributi

We need better tools for uncovering phantom binary dependencies. Not having these tools makes our global tech infrastructure less secure, and puts a strain on the Open Source maintainers we rely on.

Have you ever wondered how it's possible to call C code from other languages like Python? Here are the technical details - and also why this topic is important for security and sustainability.

Adam Wathan , the creator of Tailwind CSS , has been speaking about how LLMs have made his project more popular than ever…while also making it fall apart financially, causing him to fire 75% of his engineers. "I think AI is a huge reason why our business

96% of all companies depend on Open Source software. But the most depended upon software is maintained by a relatively small number of people. Some have estimated that "80% of downloads are the gift of 4,000 people", meaning that a few thousand people mai

In October 2024, it emerged that WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg has extensive power over the entire WordPress ecosystem, which 43% of all websites on the internet run on. When he exercised this power by seizing control of code that runs on tens of th

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We recently launched the Open Source Pledge , and the response has been very positive, particularly from developers , but also from foundations , companies and the a href="https://sf.gazetteer.co/wild-billboards-around-the-bay-call-attentio...

When I lived in London, my flat was at the corner of a generally quiet intersection. However, a couple of times per day, traffic would spill over from the nearby road, and the intersection would get so busy that dozens of cars would become stuck, struggli