Open Source: boundaries, burnout, business

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Open Source boundaries, burnout, business ⛔ ❤🔥 👔 Mike McQuaid

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me 👋

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Project Leader of Homebrew (Homebrew Maintainer 2009 – Present)

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Principal Engineer at GitHub (GitHub Engineer 2013 – 2023)

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CTO/Cofounder at Workbrew (2023 - Present) ☕

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boundaries ⛔

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Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing (mmq.lol/nothing) The software is provided “as is”, without warranty of any kind, express or implied, including but not limited to the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and noninfringement. In no event shall the authors or copyright holders be liable for any claim, damages or other liability, whether in an action of contract, tort or otherwise, arising from, out of or in connection with the software or the use or other dealings in the software.

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Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing (mmq.lol/nothing) • The way the software is today is all that the maintainers ever agree to provide you (bugs and all) • The maintainers provide no assurances that the software will ever work for any user or use case (even documented ones) • The maintainers are never liable for any problems caused by any use of the software (including damages that require you to pay for repairs) • You must agree with the above to have any right to use the software

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Brené Brown Social worker, researcher, author, podcaster

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Bad APIs are:

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Bad relationships are:

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Your boundaries == Your API

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Saying No (mmq.lol/no) 🤦 Why say “no”? ⏳ When to say “no” 👎 How to say “no”

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Stop Mentoring First-Time Contributors (mmq.lol/first) 👨 👨 Help all contributors 🥈Second-time contributors 📚 Third-or-more contributors

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burnout ❤🔥

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How To Find A Therapist (mmq.lol/therapy)

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The Mentorship Diamond (mmq.lol/mentor)

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leads prospects sales 🤔 🧐 💸 Sales Funnel

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users contributors maintainers 👪 📣 🛠 Open Source Contributor Funnel (mmq.lol/funnel)

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business 👔

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Making Homebrew Financially Sustainable (mmq.lol/donate) 2013🦵: Kickstarter, £14,859 2016 🆓: SFC, 501c3, Paypal, Bank 2017 🍰: Patreon, README 2018 🐥: Twitter 2019 🍺: brew, GitHub Sponsors 2021 🏫: OpenCollective

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Making Homebrew Financially Sustainable (mmq.lol/donate)

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Economics: how 💵💶💷💴 flows around an economy? Open Source Economics (mmq.lol/economics)

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OSS Economics: how 💵💶💷💴 flows between projects? Open Source Economics (mmq.lol/economics)

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OSS problems: Solution: 💵💶💷💴 fixes all problems? Open Source Economics (mmq.lol/economics)

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Economic problem: Allocation of limited resources (💵💶💷💴)? Open Source Economics (mmq.lol/economics)

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OSS Economic problem: Allocation of limited maintainers (👩💻👪🧑💻) Open Source Economics (mmq.lol/economics)

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Maintainer time: More 💵💶💷💴 means more ⏰ ? Open Source Economics (mmq.lol/economics)

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Maintainer income: How much 💵💶💷💴   to work full-time? Open Source Economics (mmq.lol/economics)

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Maintainer focus: Enjoyment! 😍🥰🤪🥳 Open Source Economics (mmq.lol/economics)

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will open source fail?

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will open source (as a business model) fail?

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1. make OSS project 2. get widely adopted 3. change from OSS license

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1. make OSS project 2. make company 3. get paid by other companies

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workbrew.com

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boundaries ⛔ Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing 0⃣ Saying No 🙅 Stop Mentoring First-Time Contributors🧑🍼

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burnout ⛔ How To Find A Therapist 🙋 The Mentorship Diamond 💎 The Open Source Contributor Funnel 🛠

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business ⛔ Making Homebrew Financially Sustainable 🍺 Open Source Economics (is not what you think) 💷 Open Source Business 📈

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questions? 🙋 @mike@mastodon.mikemcquaid.com @MikeMcQuaid mike@mikemcquaid.com