Open source runs on good faith
When we talk about free and open source software it’s usually in technical terms – the source is available, anyone can inspect it, fork it, change it or contribute. But all those things only work and make sense in the…
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Did PieFed ‘steal code’ from Pylova? Let’s look at what happened
This is my first open source project, apart from tiny bits of code that no one ever paid any attention to. Maybe I don’t know how to do open source properly, maybe I made a mistake here. Let’s find out.…
What worked at 100 users broke at 5,000
Recent events have made me realise something. In the early days, when PieFed was tiny (it’s still tiny I guess) me being really engaged with the community was a huge strength. I knew immediately what was going on and could…