„We estimate the supply-side value of widely-used OSS is $4.15 billion, but that the demand-side value is much larger at $8.8 trillion. We find that firms would need to spend 3.5 times more on software than they currently do if OSS did not exist.“ Interesting new paper about the… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

I'm curating a list of open-source alternatives to popular SaaS: ◆ Calendly: @calcom ◆ Google Analytics: @PlausibleHQ ◆ Segment: @jitsucom ◆ Algolia: @meilisearch ◆ Rewardful: @useReflio ◆ Bitly: @Dubdotsh Who else did I miss? 👀

Finishing up on the inaugural week as the #Python Developer in Residence, number-wise we're looking as follows: I closed 👍🏻14 issues and 📦54 PRs, reviewed 👀 9 PRs, and authored 👨🏻‍💻 6 own PRs. Details in my blog post. lukasz.langa.pl/1c78554f-f81d-…

@swyx @DBredvick @calendso @vercel Anecdotal evidence: a strong four people hosted their own, production Spectrum instance after we open sourced it. To be fair, it also wasn't optimized for self hosting + didn't get PMF but still – good marketing for sure, practical application not so much?

There's been a noticeable uptick in "Open Core" companies this year. Open core is where the base software is open source, free to use and the company monetizes with advanced features, support or infrastructure.