I used to think I would donate 100% to software with my leftover money. Which is still true to a large extent but nowadays I feel like the real value for open source to succeed is not software, but hardware. We have significant amount of momentum in the software space and it would be wise for us to develop an opensource alternative to the industry with a good hardware base for {Desktop, Server, Mobile} with mobile being the most difficult to enter what with licenses to be obtained for closed source SIM Card drivers.

That said, what’s holding me back right now is that inflation is biting all of us in the ass and it seems prudent not to give away money in the off-chance that “What if I need it for some random expense?”.

I wish I could contribute my time in open source but between work, health and social obligations there’s hardly any time or interest left to be excited to open up the text editor for a coding sesh at 9.30 pm in the evening, especially when video games, movies or fun with the spouse are the competing activities.

Edit: On pressing the button to publish my comment I felt incredibly foolish as server is already a won space I reckon. Even desktop is fine i guess, only problem is mobile right now.

You could have read the article and found the answer yourself, like I did.

I’ve been around on the internet for longer…

Are you saying that never happens? I too have been around the internet for long. Votes come in waves. The first wave is usually full of trash, discarded water bottles and weird coconuts. The second wave on-wards is clean. It also depends on your timezone.

Sure but the title sounds interesting on it’s own and prompted me to learn what it was. It’s clickbait but there’s no bait and switch when you visit the article.

And the description gives enough clue for me what the article is going to be about:

What happens when a large open source project dies.

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And I find that focusing too much about upvotes won’t make for a good community experience. If the material is good the upvotes will eventually arrive.

or you can just read an actually interesting article