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Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Volunteering cannot sustain critical software, because a volunteer’s life circumstances change and the project’s need does not. Volunteering cannot sustain criticalsoftware, because a volunteer’s lifecircumstances change and theproject’s need does not. FV Filippo Valsorda — holds since 2023-02-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: The job has always been to solve human problems, and software is not required for every human endeavour. — tap to centre the map on it The job has always been tosolve human problems, andsoftware is not required forevery human endeavour. KH Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: A contribution is a cost to the maintainer, not a gift: it is taking part, not merely using the code, that consumes a project’s scarcest resource. — tap to centre the map on it A contribution is a cost tothe maintainer, not a gift: itis taking part, not merelyusing the code, that consumes… FV Filippo Valsorda — holds since 2022-03-17 — tap for who they are NA Nadia Asparouhova — holds since 2019-03-14 — tap for who they are Same subject: Paying for open source is not a precondition of its sustainability; large projects can thrive while rejecting market-based terms entirely. — tap to centre the map on it Paying for open source is nota precondition of itssustainability; large projectscan thrive while rejecting… DH David Heinemeier Hansson — holds since 2021-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: Veterans of the 1990s free software movement do not understand the world today’s maintainers work in, and should listen before proposing fixes for it. — tap to centre the map on it Veterans of the 1990s freesoftware movement do notunderstand the world today’smaintainers work in, and… TD Thomas Depierre — holds since 2024-04-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Software developers spent thirty years automating other people's industries away, so they should not expect sympathy now that it is their turn. — tap to centre the map on it Software developers spentthirty years automating otherpeople's industries away, sothey should not expect… KH Kelsey Hightower — holds since 2026-06-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Whether anyone can actually do anything about how good the future is, rather than whether it matters, is the strongest objection to prioritising it. — tap to centre the map on it Whether anyone can actually doanything about how good thefuture is, rather than whetherit matters, is the strongest… WM William MacAskill — holds since 2025-08-03 — tap for who they are Same subject: Letting non-programmers build their own unmaintainable software is still a large step forward, because the alternative was a thousand-page requirements document and an eight-year wait. — tap to centre the map on it Letting non-programmers buildtheir own unmaintainablesoftware is still a large stepforward, because the… KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-07-01 — tap for who they are Same subject: Agents are driving a re-soloing of programming, undoing the safe social environment that extreme programming built for people who are not naturally social. — tap to centre the map on it Agents are driving are-soloing of programming,undoing the safe socialenvironment that extreme… KB Kent Beck — holds since 2026-04-07 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Volunteering cannot sustain critical software, because a volunteer’s life circumstances change and the project’s need does not. Holds Filippo Valsorda Read this korrent →