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Dev tools · November 4, 2015

Fog Creek - The Problems with Open Source

And how to fix them with Justin Searls

Fog Creek - The Problems with Open Source launched on November 4, 2015 with 70 votes, #997 of 4,108 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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