Daniel talks to Manton about his decision to open source all of Micro.blog’s native platform apps. They acknowledge the difficulty of overcoming personal hesitations whenever you decide to put your own work out in the world. Manton appreciates the aspect of open source that contributes to a lasting legacy of our time on earth, and finally we appreciate product simplicity as a competitive advantage over “more successful” products that seemingly must become more and more complex.
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Links:
- Open-Sourcing the Micro.blog Apps – Manton’s blog post announcing his decision.
- Micro.blog on GitHub – Organization page for all the open source projects.
- .Blog Domain – Automattic’s registry homepage.
- Wix and their Dirty Tricks – Matt Mullenweg sounds off on Wix.
- Kitchen Aid History – 100 years of an icon mixing appliance.
- Mixerology – Rich Siegel’s blog about repairing Kitchen Aid mixers.
