Redis re-licensing prompts forks like Redict, advocacy for community-built software, DuckDB replacing jq, a developer succeeding despite self-perceived limitations, and insights on the web developer job market.
The importance of free and open-source licenses in response to Redis' re-licensing, sparking community-built software initiatives.
The challenging job market for web developers due to declining web media industry and AI advancements, advocating for strategic entrepreneurship.
Deep dives
Redis adopts dual source available licensing
Redis, a successful open-source project, faced challenges due to majority of commercial sales through cloud service providers. This led to the decision to change to a non-free licensing model, sparking the creation of Redict, an independent non-commercial fork of Redis OSS. The community reacted to this change, emphasizing the importance of free and open-source licenses. The impact of this shift in licensing models on the open-source community and the need for community-built software was extensively discussed.
Web developer job market concerns
In the context of the tech industry job market, web developers are facing challenges, exacerbated by the decline of the web media industry. The prospects of job recovery are grim, especially with the potential burst of the AI bubble. The job market for web developers is expected to get tougher due to various factors such as search engine traffic decline and AI-related innovations. Suggestions for web developers to consider starting a business as a strategic move during these uncertain times were highlighted.
Redis’ re-licensing prompts forks like Drew DeVault’s Redict, Matthew Miller thinks we need more community built software, Paul Gross makes the case that DuckDB is the new jq, Anton Zhiyanov shares how he makes a living as a developer despite being “pretty dumb” & Baldur Bjarnason chimes in on the state of the web developer job market.
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