Vlad Miricioiu 🌸

vlad.website

22 October 2026 12:36

The @stewardshiplab.org carried out an analysis enabling us to pay maintainers of otherwise-invisible phantom dependencies that existing tools miss. 👻️ And we're sponsoring underfunded foundations maintaining package registry infrastructure we all rely on: $60k to @python.org, $35k to @packagist.com…

Vlad Miricioiu 🌸

vlad.website

21 October 2026 18:06

We just gave $1,000,000 to Open Source maintainers at @sentry.io, up from $750K last year! 🎉️ And this month the @opensourcepledge.com turns 2. Its 37 member companies have now paid $8,421,535 to the people who build the software we all rely on. Read on to find out where the money went.

VoidZero

voidzero.dev

15 October 2026 09:26

Around 70% of open source maintainers work alone or in small teams, and most are unpaid. @mirandaheath.website, Director and psychologist at the @stewardshiplab.org on the four drivers of burnout and what AI does to each. @viteconf.org 2026, 15 oct (TODAY) 2pm UTC. Free and online. viteconf.org

Dr. Dawn Foster

geekygirldawn.bsky.social

12 October 2026 15:45

Here's a short post with some of my thoughts about digital sovereignty, maintainer burnout, and evolving metrics needs that were common themes throughout the Open Source Summit in Prague last week. I hope you enjoy it! fastwonderblog.com/2026/10/12/o...

Vlad Miricioiu 🌸

vlad.website

11 October 2026 17:02

if you're at @apache.org's Community Over Code in Glasgow, I would love it if you made it to my talk on Tuesday. it does involve getting up early, but you'll learn about spooky phantoms 👻️