Open-Source

The Internet Doesn't Need a Second YouTube

A small open-source video platform shipped a major release this week, and the online reaction split into 'nice tech, doomed to fail' versus something more interesting. The argument reveals how badly we've let one company define what a successful video platform even looks like.

Paying for the tools that power everything

Mitchell Hashimoto pledged $700k of his own money to a programming language he partly disagrees with. It's a rare honest answer to who actually pays for the tools the software industry depends on.