Vlad-Stefan Harbuz

Job of the Week: HeroDevs, Senior Software Engineer (Python)

When software becomes deprecated, who makes sure it remains usable and secure? It could be you! HeroDevs is looking for a Sr. Software Engineer specialised in Python to join their Never-Ending Support team. You'd be keeping critical technologies running smoothly, forever.

opensourcepledge.com/jobs

Just found out about this excellent post on Open Source sustainability by Noah Kantrowitz from back in 2015. Does anyone know of earlier writing on this?

EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF) The report ‘Funding Europe’s Open Digital Infrastructure: The Economic, Legal, and Political Feasibility of an EU Sovereign Tech Fund (EU-STF)’ provides a roadmap for establishing an EU Sovereign Tech...

“Open Source components are foundational for the digital infrastructure we all rely on. But their contributions have not been accompanied by an equal focus on sustaining and investing in them.”

Amazing work by @nckgts.bsky.social et al. 👏 Many of the same arguments also apply to joining the Pledge.

analytic philosophy:

Buttondown: How One Team Built a Successful Business by Building Less | Open Source Pledge Buttondown founder Justin Duke on the company's origins and why they give thousands each year to Open Source contributors

“None of the stuff that we do would be possible without the Open Source software we use. It wasn’t even moral indignation; it was a sense of confusion: why aren’t we paying [Open Source maintainers]?"

@buttondown.com's Justin Duke on the @opensourcepledge.com blog ❤️

I was given an ultimatum.

I'm sorry you had to go through what sounds like a very scary experience. I hope you can get back to feeling 100% healthy and comfy very soon. Sending warm wishes and good vibes.

Joy is absolutely a politics and at base it is grounded in love and respect for all people, of all types, in all walks of life. Look at how happy he is just to meet people and how happy they are to meet him. We lift each other up! This is love, this is joy, and this is how we win.

I've always wondered why they don't work this way tbh

Open Path by Chad Whitacre Open Source is a gift that's greater than we realize.

Open Path is a show about @chadwhitacre.com’s quest to discover the true meaning of the gift of #OpenSource ✨

openpath.quest

A meme of a golden retriever wearing a tie and sitting with its paws on a computer keyboard, with a contented expression on its face. In the background, there's a scene of war with explosions, mushroom clouds, and planes attaching a city.

Me, typing out the phrase 'distinctively epistemic harms' again

I started a public forum to discuss low-carbon computing, using cerca, the minimal forum software built by merveilles.town/@cblgh. Come say hi, let's see how this goes. ✨

forum.lowcarbon.software/thread/1/wel...

Screenshot of a report: TEMPERAMENT Expressed some opinions and told lots of stories Nervous and benefitted from lots of reassurance Wiggly

Our cat Biscuit had his grooming appt today and they sent us his report card but I think I'm just going to use it as my bio

“I didn’t expect to be moved by videos about open source info, but I was.” Awwwww, Joe. 🫶 🥹

Episode 2: www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTY-...
Episode 1: www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Dw...

YouTube video by Syntax Chad confuses an accountant w/ Open Source, plus NYC and PyCon shenanigans (full episode)

Where should @opensourcepledge.com payments go in a company's chart of accounts? @chadwhitacre.com talks to an accountant to find out—the answer could change accounting forever! Side quests to NYC and @pycon.us, in episode 2 of Open Path ... 🍿 🥾

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTY-...

$8.8 trillion.
That’s the estimated economic value of open source software, according to a new report commissioned by the
@linuxfoundation.org and presented at #OSSummit by
@harvardhbs.bsky.social's Frank Nagel.

#OpenSource #WordPress

We have to support Open Source maintainers for our global software ecosystem to be sustainable. Could a community-governed endowment help? Join us and let's find out :)

Thanks, Mike! Lovely to have you on board :)

Carol the brown fluffy green eyed cat lounging at the window, her gray Maine Coon boyfriend lounging on the other side, gazing at her longingly

Some of you know that Carol has a boyfriend. He visits her *every* day. She sometimes dances for him. He sometimes sneaks into the house to see her (she is indoor only). This started 4 years ago today. I don’t know what you say to cats on such an occasion but Happy Anniversary you weirdos, I guess?

Not Paying Open Source Maintainers Is Expensive | Open Source Pledge Not paying for the Open Source software you use can seem like a great deal — but it can end up costing you money.

Did you know that not paying the Open Source maintainers you depend on can end up costing your company money? @vlad.website explains why 👇

Carol the brown fluffy green eyed cat curled in her cat bed

A little Carol timeline cleanse

It matters. I care. It matters. I care.0:00/295.5529711× Listen to me read this post here (not an AI-generated voice!), subscribe to the feed in your podcast app, or download the recording for later. “Who cares? It d...

When we throw up our hands and say none of it matters, we're doing the fascists’ work for them. They don't need to hide their corruption if they can convince us it's pointless to look. They don't need to silence truth-tellers if we've already decided truth is meaningless.

Aw, same here, can't wait to hang out again! :)

Open Source: Deceptive Power or Collective Governance? | Open Source Pledge Collective governance prevents abuses of power — but it needs distributed funding in order to survive.

Here's my talk on why collective governance can prevent abusive power, and why distributed funding is necessary for collective governance. Thanks to @altctrl.org for inviting me, and to @fairpm.bsky.social for putting these ideas into practice. ❤️

Thanks so much! Ah, you're in Edinburgh!!! Let's absolutely get a drink, I'll email you soon. 😊

Hi from #WCEU in Basel! I want to interview Open Source contributors/maintainers. If you are one, let me know. 😊

A cat in Switzerland's Lauterbrunnen valley

My @altctrl.org talk about collective governance in software is happening next week! I'll post a recording in case you can't make it to lovely Basel. ☺️

altctrl.org/schedule/

“11 Jun” is the format I use to avoid confusion. Extremely hyped for the new season. ❤