The City Guide to Open Source
summary
History-backed claims: centralized fixes (Paris sewage cut cholera and infant deaths from four-in-seven), top-down language changes (Elm remove signals with a two-week transition), and funding mechanics that work (Hong Kong MTR uses land value capture). Concrete experiments: GitHub Sponsors builds explicit funding models today, some projects prioritize sponsored issues, and Saitama moves from 4% sewer coverage to near-universal service — practical examples, timelines, costs, and outcomes are all named.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:37Welcome
- 2:17Paris
- 3:06Baron Von Houseman
- 5:29Elm
- 8:41San Francisco
- 11:10The Highway Plan
- 13:09JavaScript
- 15:37NYC Subway
- 16:40Hong Kong Subway
- 17:42Land Value Capture
- 19:44Github Sponsors
- 21:22Issues
- 22:49Open Source Projects
- 23:53Congestion Pricing
- 26:43Saitama Japan
- 28:29Central Sewage
- 29:51Conclusion
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