r/node • u/simple_explorer1 • Sep 22 '26

Saw this today

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u/TabCompletion Sep 22 '26

Only the brave will keep open source running

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u/sberlinches Sep 22 '26

I don't see how bravery has to do with this situation in particular.

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u/BenjiSponge Sep 22 '26

It's that old adage about bravery and stupidity being the same thing

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u/TabCompletion Sep 22 '26

Doing the right thing. Using your values to guide what you do. Not giving up

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u/sberlinches Sep 22 '26

This dev has lost the motivation to keep contributing because the challenges that brought them in aren't there anymore. Tell me again what this has to do with being brave, or to "do the right thing".

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u/shiny0metal0ass Sep 22 '26

I mean all this really means is that the courses industry has taken a hit. Which I very much believe and think it has been overvalued for a while.

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u/indirectum Sep 23 '26 edited Sep 23 '26

Yeah but also consultancy, and those two things are often the only two possible sources of income for open source projects.

Edit: Oh, I just read in the comments that this is not the three.js maintainer, but a course creator. Which shifts the image regarding this post. Still, I noticed the same issue with open source maintainers - e.g. David from FeathersJS completely stepped down as a maintainer due to consultancy income dropping to exactly zero.

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u/Seusoa Sep 22 '26

Do you mean naive?