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Rob Mensching
CEO and co-founder of Fire Giant, a company that provides commercial support and tools for the WiX toolset. He is also the creator and maintainer of WiX.
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May 1, 2025
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The Open Source Maintenance Fee with Rob Mensching
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Rob Mensching, CEO and co-founder of Fire Giant and creator of WiX, shares insights on the burnout crisis facing open source maintainers. He proposes an innovative maintenance fee model through GitHub to support these developers sustainably. The conversation highlights the challenges of single maintainers overwhelmed by user demands and emphasizes the importance of fair compensation. Rob discusses how this model can help balance the community’s needs with the realities of maintaining critical software projects.
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