Open Source Maintainer Burnout (Infrastructure Cost)
Kubernetes Ingress NGINX gets no security patches after March 2026 because a maintainer burned out. 60% of OSS maintainers work unpaid. The blast radius is real....
Open Source Isn't Free
Open source software has a price tag of $0 and a total cost of ownership that can dwarf commercial alternatives....
Documentation as Product: What Open Source Gets Right
Documentation quality determines adoption more than feature completeness....