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Saying thanks to open source maintainers

11 Jun 2024 3 min read open source

After signing up for GitHub Sponsors, I had a nagging feeling that somehow asking for money from other people to support my open source work was inappropriate. But after much reflection, I realized

The social contract of open source

25 Apr 2021 8 min read open source

Even though I gave a keynote [https://youtu.be/tzFWz5fiVKU?t=48m55s]with an accompanying blog post [https://snarky.ca/setting-expectations-for-open-source-participation/] all about setting expectations for open source participation, I felt it was

What it's like to be on the Python steering council

26 Oct 2019 2 min read open source

Someone emailed the steering council recently to ask what it was like to be on it, presumably because nominations will be opening next month [https://mail.python.org/archives/list/[email protected]/

Podcast interviews where I talk about Python's governance

10 Jun 2019 open source

Over the past two months I have given two podcast interviews where I talk about how we handled Guido's retirement, chose our new governance model, and what being on the inaugural

An update on Python's governance

31 Dec 2018 4 min read open source

This post is meant to act as a summary of the current state of Python's governance as of the end of 2018. If you want to see an alternative take on