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Read the article. He talks about things to do in his private time. I don't know about you, but working after a full day of work is not really pleasing in the l

Read the article. He talks about things to do in his private time. I don't know about you, but working after a full day of work is not really pleasing in the long run. You hear this often because it's a common problem in Open Source.

whatyoucantsay 9y ago
I did read it. It fit the archetype. A high agency individual looks for and finds solutions. Sidekiq is a great example. So is WordPress. Even Github was. Watch Tom Preston-Werner's Mixergy interview and you'll see that he specifically put thought into making sure it would generate revenue in a sustainable fashion if it were to become popular.
- aidenn0 9y ago
  Is your argument that it's the author's fault that the bugs aren't being fixed because he volunteers on open source software when he instead should have found a way to get paid to work on it?
  - whatyoucantsay 9y ago
    All three examples I shared were open source. To answer your question a bit more directly, yes. He doesn't like the consequences of running a reasonably large, unmonetized project. It isn't precisely a fault, but it is a situation he's not happy with and one that flows from his own decisions. He's not a passive victim of the internet. He's an intelligent actor with the power to take different actions and get different results. He's also free to continue down the current path, but he doesn't appear to enjoy it.
    - aidenn0 9y ago
      Thanks for your response! > All three examples I shared were open source. Indeed; I was making a distinction between volunteer and paid. > To answer your question a bit more directly, yes. He doesn't like the consequences of running a reasonably large, unmonetized project. It isn't precisely a fault, but it is a situation he's not happy with and one that flows from his own decisions. I didn't read it as him being at all unhappy with the consequences. He is merely communicating the consequences of it to other people on the internet who are unhappy with it. > He's not a passive victim of the internet. He's an intelligent actor with the power to take different actions and get different results. He's also free to continue down the current path, but he doesn't appear to enjoy it. And this is where we read the article differently. To me, he seems perfectly happy with the state of affairs, with a 9-5 job that pays the bills and several hours on a volunteer project that he gets some other satisfaction out of. I guess I tend to give other people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to agency. I interpret "I don't have time for X" to mean "I have other things I am doing that are more important to me than X" which assumes the person is assuming responsibility for their choices.
jcrotor 9y ago
Which is a big problem IMO. Many employers are willing to lean on open source tech to reduce cost. Much, much fewer are willing to let employees spend time contributing to open source as a way of paying back the open source community. Thats incredibly short sighted, as it reduces the resources contributing to the technology the company now relies on.

whatyoucantsay 9y ago

I did read it. It fit the archetype. A high agency individual looks for and finds solutions. Sidekiq is a great example. So is WordPress. Even Github was. Watch Tom Preston-Werner's Mixergy interview and you'll see that he specifically put thought into making sure it would generate revenue in a sustainable fashion if it were to become popular.

aidenn0 9y ago
Is your argument that it's the author's fault that the bugs aren't being fixed because he volunteers on open source software when he instead should have found a way to get paid to work on it?
- whatyoucantsay 9y ago
  All three examples I shared were open source. To answer your question a bit more directly, yes. He doesn't like the consequences of running a reasonably large, unmonetized project. It isn't precisely a fault, but it is a situation he's not happy with and one that flows from his own decisions. He's not a passive victim of the internet. He's an intelligent actor with the power to take different actions and get different results. He's also free to continue down the current path, but he doesn't appear to enjoy it.
  - aidenn0 9y ago
    Thanks for your response! > All three examples I shared were open source. Indeed; I was making a distinction between volunteer and paid. > To answer your question a bit more directly, yes. He doesn't like the consequences of running a reasonably large, unmonetized project. It isn't precisely a fault, but it is a situation he's not happy with and one that flows from his own decisions. I didn't read it as him being at all unhappy with the consequences. He is merely communicating the consequences of it to other people on the internet who are unhappy with it. > He's not a passive victim of the internet. He's an intelligent actor with the power to take different actions and get different results. He's also free to continue down the current path, but he doesn't appear to enjoy it. And this is where we read the article differently. To me, he seems perfectly happy with the state of affairs, with a 9-5 job that pays the bills and several hours on a volunteer project that he gets some other satisfaction out of. I guess I tend to give other people the benefit of the doubt when it comes to agency. I interpret "I don't have time for X" to mean "I have other things I am doing that are more important to me than X" which assumes the person is assuming responsibility for their choices.

jcrotor 9y ago

Which is a big problem IMO. Many employers are willing to lean on open source tech to reduce cost. Much, much fewer are willing to let employees spend time contributing to open source as a way of paying back the open source community. Thats incredibly short sighted, as it reduces the resources contributing to the technology the company now relies on.