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Octobox is supporting its dependencies

In October 2018 Andrew and I began an experiment in open source sustainability. Today we’re drawing a line under that experiment with one…

May 12, 2021

Octobox is supporting its dependencies

May 12, 2021

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Octobox.io is paying it forward

Last time we sent out an update we were rolling out comment threads on Octobox.io. Today we’re adding support for reviews and reviews…

Jul 10, 2019

Octobox.io is paying it forward

Jul 10, 2019

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Permission To Write

TLDR: We’re adding issue:write access to Octobox so that you can comment on issues and pull requests from Octobox.io (or your own…

Feb 26, 2019

Permission To Write

Feb 26, 2019

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Walking The Tightrope: Charging For Private Repo’s On Octobox.io

TDLR: If you currently use Octobox.io to manage notifications on private repositories then — from Monday — you will need to pay $10/month…

Jan 25, 2019

Walking The Tightrope: Charging For Private Repo’s On Octobox.io

Jan 25, 2019

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Octobox.io: taming those garden fairies

This article first appeared on Open Collective, it has been re-published here with the permission of Pia and the Open Collective team:

Jan 7, 2019

Octobox.io: taming those garden fairies

Jan 7, 2019

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Goodbye Tidelift, Hello Octobox

On October 6th 2017 Andrew Nesbitt and myself joined Tidelift, a new company that was formed in May that year. Twelve months later we’re…

Oct 12, 2018

Goodbye Tidelift, Hello Octobox

Oct 12, 2018

Benjamin Nickolls

No more ‘because user needs’

I’ve been developing digital products for my entire adult life. I didn’t even know I was doing it to begin with. It took alpha-gov and…

Oct 5, 2018

Oct 5, 2018

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Libraries.io

Libraries.io is joining Tidelift

In my last two posts I rejected the notion that open source projects are a public good. I then identified some of the challenges that open…

Nov 14, 2017

Nov 14, 2017

Benjamin Nickolls

Sustaining Open Source Software

In my last post, I rebutted the dangerous thought that in economic terms an open source project is a ‘public good’.

Oct 2, 2017

Oct 2, 2017

Benjamin Nickolls

Is Open Source A Public Good?

Last month Andrew and I visited both coasts of the US to talk about the sustainability of open source software. It was great to see such a…

Jul 20, 2017

Jul 20, 2017

Benjamin Nickolls

Benjamin Nickolls

Product guy at @octobox. Formerly @tidelift via @librariesio and @dependencyci. Part time game designer and co founder of @atpcardgame.

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