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Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software Highlight
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— Nadia EghbalThe cycle looks something like this: Open source developers write and publish their code in public. They enjoy months, maybe years, in the spotlight. But, eventually, popularity offers diminishing returns. If the value of maintaining code fails to outpace the rewards, many of these developers quietly retreat to the shadows.
Replicated under Fair Use from Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software by Nadia Eghbal.