Tobie LangelWhy invest in open source?Tech giants aren’t philanthropies. There’s a reason they’re betting on open source: it’s good for business.3 min read·Sep 12, 2019--1--1
Tobie LangelBuffer’s no bullshit open source contribution policySmaller companies need open source contribution policies too, but they can be radically simple.2 min read·Sep 5, 2019----
Tobie LangelW3C doesn’t help its invited experts. It should.Software foundations have increasingly started helping non-corporate backed contributors with travel expenses. W3C is lagging way behind.4 min read·Mar 23, 2019----
Tobie LangelTo attract top talent, companies need to adopt more balanced IP agreementsAccording to GitHub’s 2017 open source survey, 37% of contributors to open source projects don’t know whether their work contract allows…3 min read·Mar 12, 2019----
Tobie LangelBehold second-order consequences!In a recent Huffington Post’s article about Ocasio-Cortez’s interrogation of Michael Cohen, the authors claimed that “[o]ne advantage…2 min read·Mar 4, 2019----
Tobie LangelMeasuring project health, community editionDevelopers often intuitively assess the health of open source dependencies they decide to take on. What can we learn from their practice?2 min read·Jan 21, 2019----
Tobie LangelMeasuring the health of open source projectsWhen picking open source software, choosing a healthy project is paramount.2 min read·Jan 19, 2019----
Tobie LangelCurrent issues with the CSS landscape and how to fix them 🏳️An unrolled Twitter thread2 min read·Jan 17, 2019----
Tobie LangelDevelopers’ appetite for open source fuels the cloud warsYesterday, Stratechery’s Ben Thompson wrote a thought provoking article about the current AWS / MongoDB kerfuffle that’s been keeping the…6 min read·Jan 16, 2019--1--1
Tobie LangelThe Compound interest of free timeHow open source widens wage and position gaps in tech and what companies can do about it.2 min read·Jun 20, 2018----