Show Notes
Mike McQuaid and Justin Searls join Jerod in the wake of the RubyGems debacle to discuss what happened, what it says about money in open source, what sustainability really means for our community, making a career out of open source (or not), and more. Bleep!
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Featuring:
- Mike McQuaid – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
- Justin Searls – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, X
- Jerod Santo – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Show Notes:
- Breaking Change podcast
- Rubygems.org AWS Root Access Event
- Ruby Central’s “security measures” leave front door wide open
- nayafia/lemonade-stand
- The transition of rubygems repository ownership
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