When I introduced the OSMF, many people told me it would not work unless some sort of license enforcement mechanism was in place. I disagreed and instead focused on education. It turns out we were both right.
Eight months ago WiX had 99 sponsors. Today it has 304. The Open Source Maintenance Fee is working and ready.
I have mixed feelings about Cloudflare acquiring VoidZero. I like Cloudflare but I hoped to see Vite be "enough" to fund its own development. I felt the same with Astro.
Today I turn 49. A lot has improved in the last year. So, as is tradition, let's take this time on my birthday to review it.
Since it's release almost a year ago now, I've been collecting feedback on the Open Source Maintenance Fee. Earlier this week, I integrated a piece of feedback that deserved to bump the version number. Let's talk about the change that produced OSMF v1.1.
We don't use Tailwind CSS at FireGiant, but I can't stop thinking about it. As a CEO responsible for keeping the lights on, and as a long-time Open Source maintainer, the situation is uncomfortably familiar. What does it mean that Tailwind is so popular and still unsustainable?
