| domain | hopeinsource.com |
| summary | Here’s a summary of the website content:
The website features three conversations exploring various aspects of open source and related concepts.
* “Open Source as a Gift Economy” by Maggie Appleton discusses open source through the lens of a gift economy, examining motivations for participation, rituals, patronage, and its relationship to broader trends like the quantified self.
* “The Commitment to Infinite Uptime” by Jonathan Farbowitz delves into software preservation, exploring the challenges of maintaining systems indefinitely, comparing preservation practices with those in the art world, and considering strategies like emulation and standards.
* “The Significance of Standards” by Jory Burson analyzes the role of standards within open source, discussing their creation, evolution, and importance for accessibility and long-term viability.
* “Funding Ones Freedom” by Evan You explores the complexities of funding open source projects, emphasizing the unique characteristics of the open source model – its freedom, flexibility, and organic nature – and the importance of individual passion and side projects.
The conversations touch on themes including mental models, abstraction, Polanyi’s work, Cartesian dualism, autoethnography, knowledge, and the role of cats. |
| title | Hope in Source |
| description | What are the parallels between faith and open source software? Join Nadia and Henry for an off-the-cuff conversation between friends. |
| keywords | henry, chat, joins, open, source, being, discuss, talk, faith, does, time, work, community, knowledge, life, appleton, tech |
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| nslookup | A 172.67.133.170, A 104.21.5.173 |
| created | 2025-11-09 |
| updated | 2026-02-01 |
| summarized | 2026-02-02 |
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