On Companies Sponsoring Tech Communities
I look at the challenge of sustaining open-source projects like pgBackRest and how community funding is fading despite their critical role in developer ecosystems.
I look at the challenge of sustaining open-source projects like pgBackRest and how community funding is fading despite their critical role in developer ecosystems.
They were not interested. They had RAM to buy and GPUs to provision. The AI gold rush has thoroughly reshuffled what companies consider worth paying for, and apparently “the person who makes sure your data survives a disaster” did not make the cut.
To Companies, we are resources and are evaluated against other resources. AI resources, GPUs, RAM and data companies bring the possibility of "massively scalable attention" and "investment" of which we're just not capable.
Its depressing to know but it's the reality of the situation.
I was a little intrigued by cmux but I realized all I wanted was a sidebar for zellij. So (A)I forked cfal's plugin and added a pane layer.
↗ https://github.com/kjaymiller/zellij-vertical-tabs-and-panes
With news that PGBackrest being EOL'd I'm interested in hearing that the Enterprise #PostgreSQL Community is thinking about this.
There are a couple companies that have forks. Is this project too important for one company to run and maintain?
I don't know the maintainer, but the messaging is one that I resonated with. They mentioned that they thought someone would fork it. I wonder if the conversation of donating it to a foundation that could try to help with funding and maintenance of it would work?
I need to check this out for my homelab. My multiple unorganized folders for Print Files is getting out of hand.
↗ https://manyfold.app/So excited to see the Mets finally remembered that they were a baseball team and should probably play baseball....
(A)I redesigned my website to have a home/away/city connect design that matches my favorite baseball team.
↗ https://kjaymiller.com
This is a great little game that I was able to explain and play with my kiddo and with adults.
↗ https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/408545/fairy
I always find it intriguing when artists reveal the depth of acting and persona that comes with things like content creation. I think this is why being in devrel has been strange for me because, I'm playing a role, but the role itself is also a part of me. #KnowWhatIMean
I haven't been on social media lately because I've been trying to preserve mental health, and joy.
I've been messing with my plants and crocheting. I even made a beanie that can fit with my hair!
I need to check with my friends in Ghana about this.
↗ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vug6f_8zwO8Dealing with the loss of some family members. Had to cancel my trip to SCaLE.
I'm trying my best to get better and not overload myself. These felt like no-brainers, but I'm wondering about the non-no-brainers — the things I need someone to help me realize I shouldn't be doing.
I had a great time chatting about django-security-label on Aiven's YouTube channel.
I don't burn candles at both ends—I take a flamethrower straight to the middle.
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