Building communities with software
Small software implementation details result in big differences in the way the community develops. Interesting reading.
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The way to save news is not to create monopolistic monocultures
"Why, a funder asked me recently, do two intermediaries this funder saw as offering duplicative services both still exist? Because you—and your funder colleagues—let them, I said." But consolidation is a dangerous road.
Open source maintainers need to go in with open eyes
"To labour out of love, and to choose to share their work freely in a market society, OSS developers find themselves in a position where they are vulnerable to exploitation and harm."
Claude Opus can now identify an author from their writing
"AI only needs 150 words to identify me. What does that mean for you?"
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