What Phil Hagelberg thinks about open source

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Programmer known online as technomancy; author of Leiningen, the Clojure build tool, and a maintainer of the Fennel programming language.

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2 dated positions, 2024 to 2026, in their own words. Our reading of what Phil Hagelberg has said — not written or endorsed by them.

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1. 25 Apr 2026

   Our readingReplacing a monopolistic platform with a single alternative isn't enough — real resilience requires diversity among competing platforms.

   Their wordsWe shouldn't replace Github with one site at all; we need the strength and resilience that only comes with diversity

   ↗in which more paths are charted towards code independencetechnomancy.us 1st of 3 in this piece

2. 19 months earlier

3. 13 Sept 2024

   Our readingMaking it hard to self-host concentrates network power in a technical elite.

   Their wordsIf running a server is hard, fewer people are going to do it, and the power is going to be concentrated in the hands of a technical elite.

   ↗in which social media can be put in your own handstechnomancy.us 1st of 2 in this piece