Applied for @hackmd.io's free plan for non-profits, they came back with a request for us to do a bunch of free labour for them. No thanks :/
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz 🌸
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Protecting the Open Source infrastructure the world depends on. https://vlad.website ✸ @stewardshiplab.org Executive Director ※ @opensourcepledge.com Director ※ @endowment.dev Adviser ※ Univ Edinburgh Philosophy PhD Researcher
AI agents are allowing companies to surpass limited liability protections and erase liability altogether. “It wasn't me that hacked my competitor, it was an AI agent, it has a mind of its own.” It's a technologically augmented Shaggy defence: “it wasn't me”. Hopefully legislation can catch up.
Package managers support our world's infrastructure, but those who build them have more work on their plate then ever. Companies who rely on this work for their revenue should give something back. It's in these companies' interest to keep this tech sustainable.
Packagist@packagist.com · 6d agoComposer & Packagist now have a sponsorship program. Thank you to our launch sponsors 🤝 Aikido, AWS, Socket, Bunny, Upsun, Sonatype, Tideways, Datadog and Algolia help fund our shared infrastructure. blog.packagist.com/announcing-... #php #phpc #composerphp
Sounds like a great job opportunity for security-minded folks ✨
Seth Larson@sethmlarson.dev · 6d agoThe Python Software Foundation is hiring a Security Developer. If you've got experience with Python, security, and collaborating with open source projects then we'd love to hear from you: jobs.pyfound.org/apply/ei03ut...
Loving the shares from the back catalog of #FOSSBack! This talk about recruiting contributors from 2023 is particularly relevant today with so many maintainers overworked and burning out. Related: this lovely report on maintainer burnout from @mirandaheath.website stewardshiplab.org/reports/burn...
Burnout in Open Source: A Structural Problem We Can Fix Together ✸ Software Stewardship Lab
Burnout is affecting the entire Open Source ecosystem. Here's what we could do to make things better.
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FOSS Backstage@foss-backstage.de · 2w agoThis is another session from our Human Factor track by Dawn Foster at #FOSSBack 2023 on "Contributor Growth Strategies for OSS Projects." A talk on how to build a long-term contributor strategy and measuring community sustainability over time. Watch the recording here: youtube.com/watch?v=...
secret discord server, please ignore…unless you are interested in open source funding 👀 discord.gg/Ay5abGkaxX
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"If you were one of the primary decision makers [responsible for the fraying of democracy and the dystopian technology business model], unless you want to accept that you are the villain, you have to have some kind of a mental process for excusing yourself from the results."
"But it happened."
YouTube video by Molly Rocket
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you have been visited by the Skylight Napping Fox and will have good fortune for the rest of the week 🤗
I hope interested folks can attend my @europython.eu talk today, happening in S2 at 16:00. I'll be talking about binary dependencies, why they are so hard to detect, and why this poses a problem for our global tech infrastructure.
I'm at @europython.eu in Kraków, here to talk about binary dependencies, the @stewardshiplab.org and the @opensourcepledge.com. Come say hi!
I made a website that lets you cut out old magazines from the internet archive (or any PDFs you own) and make collage art out of them: ✂️ clipart.studio
I've had multiple people say some sentence or another in a post I wrote sounds LLM-written. I never use LLMs. Not sure what to do! Add a disclaimer? Ignore it? Feels weird.
and we wonder why people are burning out
Karl Bode@karlbode.com · 4w agothe final reckoning between AI hype and reality is upon us. buckle up.
I don’t know how to explain to my American family and friends that this is now the man entrusted with the UK’s political salvation from fascism. For clarity, I am referring to the man on the left with a bin for a face, not the incoming prime minister on the right.
Count Binface@countbinface.bsky.social · last mo.This time last week.
@eurosky.social folks, would you consider a @mu.social feature allowing users to quickly switch between accounts? I regularly use 3 accounts, and switching currently involves 3 clicks using the settings menu — a bit clunky. elk.zone has this switcher at the bottom of the sidebar.
Hi, friends. The last 6 years have been a blast, but I just don't like being on The Internet anymore. I'm leaving DevRel, and I wrote a little bit about why. Look after yourselves, and each other. Love, Salma
Goodbye, forever, probably.
I’m leaving developer relations and developer education. Rather than disappear completely unannounced, I wanted to tell you why.
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We're grateful to be helping @mu.social and @eurosky.social as a Trusted Verifier of the Open Source community! ✨️ If you have feedback on the verification process, let us know.
Verification · mu
The Trusted Verifier Program on mu: a democratic, plural approach to verification. Verification tells you an account is who they claim to be.
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This is how easy it is to migrate to European, nonprofit-governed infrastructure 🥰
Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ@olivia.science · last mo.I just did it too and there's an EDIT BUTTON???? Here you go: move.eurosky.tech
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patak@patak.cat · last mo.The Open Source Pledge is a great example of a well run program to help educate companies and nudge them into action. @vlad.website pours so much love into it. We're lucky to count with folks that genuinely care about the long term sustainability story of our shared commons.
To celebrate companies that pay maintainers, we've created a new website, featuring @danielroe.dev and folks from @ag-grid.bsky.social, @sanity.io, @sentry.io and other great companies. Let's support the tech we depend on. Here's to the next $7 million! 💃
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Open Source software powers the world, but who supports the maintainers? We do.
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not even my worst enemy, the dreaded London heat, can stop me from attending this
Nebula@nebula.tv · last mo.the most anticipated theatrical release of the summer variety.com/2026/tv/news...