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No Maintenance Intended (News)

Mar 18, 2024

08:02

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Explore the 'no maintenance intended' badge for open source projects, Chip Huyen's insights on 900 AI tools, tech layoffs trend, Teable Postgres-Airtable fusion, and Target's open source fund initiative.

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Introduction of 'No Maintenance Intended' badge for open source projects, allowing users to assess maintenance status.

Discussion on tech industry layoffs and concerns about AI-driven job redundancies, emphasizing the need for informed decision-making.

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Open Source Contributions and No Maintenance Intended Badge

The episode discusses the importance of open source contributions and introduces the concept of the 'No Maintenance Intended' badge. Open source projects can be gifts to the world, but sometimes creators do not plan to maintain or improve them. The badge communicates that a project is not actively maintained, allowing users to make informed decisions about its use.

Introduction

2min

Revisiting Open Source AI Tools

3min

Tech Layoffs, AI Automation, Postgres Database Tool, and Open Source Fund Initiative

3min

A new badge for open source projects that won’t be getting any maintenance, everything Chip Huyen learned from looking at 900 open source AI tools, CNBC writes up tech’s renewed layoff trend, Teable is a Postgres-Airtable fusion & Target announces an open source fund.

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