Why Is Open Source So Closed?
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Argues that Cyclical Mentorship fixes an access gap between bootcamp grads and mid/senior roles, citing NYC.rb’s 4,500+ membership and a surprising contributor split — roughly 1,000 Ruby contributors versus 1,001 Node contributors. Describes building Buble Tape (uses Rollup, cuts bundles ~20%) and using http-spec to test APIs in microseconds, praises all-contributors as a non-code recognition spec, and shows practical steps for recruiting, unboxing barriers, and getting newcomers into contribution workflows.
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chapters (38)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:40Semantics of words
- 2:51Augustus Caesar
- 3:08Hacker Colts
- 3:50Home Brew
- 4:11Cult of Personality
- 5:04Free
- 6:04Boot Camps
- 6:23Demand
- 7:13Command
- 8:12Press
- 9:20Supply
- 10:20Free vs Gratis
- 11:55Mentality
- 12:17Everythings flipped
- 12:50Disorder
- 13:03Closed Sign
- 13:21Abandoned
- 13:41Martin Luther King
- 15:57Washington Memorial
- 16:17Out of a mountain of despair
- 16:34Two types of people
- 17:31You have to travel
- 18:26Likeminded people
- 18:38Martin Luther King Jr
- 20:32Capitalism
- 22:51Home
- 23:52Open Source
- 25:53Hate
- 27:07Mind
- 29:32Unbox
- 32:18Bubble Tape
- 35:48All Contributors
- 36:48HTTP Spec Team
- 37:58Pull Requests
- 39:48Contribution Graph
- 40:58Why are we so competitive
- 42:08Famine
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