I didn't know it but the last couple of years have been buliding up to this point. Today is my birthday, so it is time to review last year and because if the next few days go well, the rest of this year will not be the same.
We are living in the Second Generation of Open Source. Think about it. Open Source was coined in 1998. Generations are 20-30 years long. I don't know exactly when it started but we are definitely in Open Source's Second Generation... and I think that explains a lot.
My brain is on fire. I'm juggling two major projects and a runaway thought process is plowing through the middle of it all. I almost need to take a vacation to capture everything about this new idea. But there is no time. Nevermind my Open Source project.
I disabled the WiX Toolset GitHub Discussions to stop a spam attack. I've reported the issue to GitHub. After they delete the ~750300 spam messages, I'll re-enable Discussions. Update 2024/05/27: Spam removed and GitHub Discussions have been restored.
I posted the bulk of my reflections on the WiX Toolset's 20th Anniversary on the FireGiant blog. I just have a couple tidbits to include here.
It's a cliche to talk about the importance of relationships in business. Now businesses need to think about their relationship with Open Source projects and the maintainers that care for them.
Originally a thread on Twitter about the xz/liblzma vulnerability, when I finished typing it, I realized I had a real world slice of Open Source interaction that deserved more attention.
