You know why I鈥檓 bullish on open source in the AI era?
Gen-AI is democratizing software creation. Everyone can spin up their own QuickBooks, their own social media manager, their own internal tools, fast, cheap, and tailored.
So the real deal isn't the code anymore. It鈥檚 the community.
Open-source folks have spent decades learning how to create communities for decades. They know how to collaborate in the open
govern messy, human systems, onboard contributors, sustain projects beyond a single company or hype cycle.
That know-how matters more than ever when software becomes abundant.
Open source wasn't just about free code. It was community. It felt almost as practice for this moment.
That is why I am so excited about #badgefed and #fosdem and #activitypub, especially this year.
