Changelog Master Feed What happened to open source (Ship It! #111)
Jul 6, 2024
Gareth Greenaway from the Salt project discusses the evolution of open source projects, the costs involved in maintaining them, and the importance of community support. The podcast also explores email management, front-end complexity, and the role of Retool in simplifying internal software development. Lastly, it touches on the challenges of abstractions in technology and the value of diverse experience levels in task estimation.
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First Contribution
- Gareth Greenaway's first Salt contribution involved adding Ubuntu support.
- His code held the record for most lint errors, highlighting his learning process.
Script vs. Project
- Writing small scripts differs significantly from developing large, widely used projects.
- Contributing to large projects introduces the pressure of impacting many users.
Open Source Acquisitions
- Configuration management tools like Salt, Ansible, Chef, and Puppet often start as independent projects.
- They typically evolve into companies and later get acquired, sometimes leading to project stagnation.