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The handful of people holding up the internet
Original: I found this a fascinating read... The people holding up the internet. Billions of phones run on code looked after by a
A widely shared article highlights how billions of phones and everyday services rely on critical open-source code maintained by just a handful of often unpaid volunteers. From phone alarms to boarding passes and banking, essential digital infrastructure rests on a tiny group of maintainers, prompting renewed debate about the fragility of the software underpinning daily life and the lack of funding and support for the people who keep it running.
Why now: Readers are alarmed by the revelation that critical global digital infrastructure depends on so few, largely unpaid maintainers.
open-source software maintainersthe internetsheets.works
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- I found this a fascinating read... The people holding up the internet. Billions of phones run on code looked after by a handful of people. https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet/read Your alarm, a boarding pass, a meeting in another country, the day your salary… · elperronegro@khumbu.social · 4
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