open source

Saying thanks to open source maintainers

After signing up for GitHub Sponsors, I had a nagging feeling that somehow asking for money from other people to support my open source work was inappropriate. But after much reflection, I realized

The social contract of open source

Even though I gave a keynote [https://youtu.be/tzFWz5fiVKU?t=48m55s]with an accompanying blog post [https://snarky.ca/setting-expectations-for-open-source-participation/] all about setting expectations for open source participation, I felt it was

An update on Python's governance

This post is meant to act as a summary of the current state of Python's governance as of the end of 2018. If you want to see an alternative take on

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