Bintray shuts down · Homebrew · Discussion #691
https://jfrog.com/blog/into-the-sunset-bintray-jcenter-gocenter-and-chartcenter/ Will it affect Homebrew's bottles?
Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing
mikemcquaid.comThis post is heavily inspired by my experience over the last ten years participating in the open source community and eight years as a maintainer of Homebrew (which I’ve maintained longer than anyone else at this point).
Thoughts on the xz backdoor: an lzma-rs perspective
Many discussions about open source dependencies and maintenance happened in the last month.Two posts caught my eye in the Rust ecosystem: Sudo-rs dependencie...
nixpkgs/CONTRIBUTING.md at master · NixOS/nixpkgs
Nix Packages collection & NixOS. Contribute to NixOS/nixpkgs development by creating an account on GitHub.
Bountysource Stole at Least $21,000 from Open Source Developers
This is why people say the open source ecosystem sucks.
opensource — Open Indie
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Open Indie
Writing about open & equitable product development
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xz/liblzma Compromise Link Roundup
Links to analysis, discussion and more related to the xz/liblzma compromise (CVE-2024-3094).
Increase Your Reply Rate on Cold Emails to Me
The term “cold email” refers to emailing someone who you’ve never spoken to before. There are lots of guides on writing cold emails. This one is a bit niche, as it’s about cold emailing a particular person: me. But I guarantee you that it’s the best guide you can find on this hyperspecific topic. I’m publishing my guidelines under the Creative Commons BY-4.0 license, so you’re welcome to reuse or adapt them to guide people in emailing you.
Evergreen content gardens
A year ago in Feed Overload I wrote: 99% of all microblog (and chat) content is ephemeral by design, meant for a specific moment in ti...
Open Source Resistance
A direct-action manifesto for maintainers keeping open source alive on company time.