Open Source and the Future of Digital Infrastructure
Critical internet infrastructure depends on open source projects maintained by small teams. The sustainability challenges are becoming impossible to ignore.
Somewhere in Nebraska, there is a mass of code that most of the internet depends on, maintained by a small group of volunteers who do this work in their spare time. This is not a thought experiment or a cautionary tale. It is a description of reality that applies to dozens of critical open source projects that form the backbone of modern digital infrastructure.
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