I work on protecting the Open Source infrastructure the world depends on. I live in Edinburgh and love cats & birds. https://vlad.website ※ Executive Director @stewardshiplab.org ※ Maintainer @opensourcepledge.com ※ Adviser @endowment.devhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.websitehttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mmcookuyik2pOSS burnout claims another project. On 2 Apr, an entitled user angrily asked the burned-out maintainer of nvim-treesitter to “go switch to something that doesn't require interacting with people”. The maintainer replied “OK” — and archived the repo, stopping development of nvim-treesitter. https://vlad.website/nvim-treesitter-burnout/20 May 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmcookuyik2phttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mlqnqy4jsc2e👇️👇️👇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 15:49 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqnqy4jsc2ehttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mlq6r7pfn22yAndrew has been building tools to understand the Open Source ecosystem for over a decade, and a new independent paper confirms the effectiveness of his approach to supporting maintainers. I want to celebrate his work today! 🎉 [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq6r7pfn22yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mlcg2du3ac2s@andrewnez.bsky.social reviews a decade-old Open Source security census, which both succeeded and failed at predicting the concerning future we find ourselves in. https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/06/revisiting-the-2015-open-source-census.html07 May 2026 23:54 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlcg2du3ac2shttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mlccytiee22ySo happy to see that our open letter asking NHS England to keep its code open has reached 1000 signatures 🎉😊 https://keepthingsopen.com/07 May 2026 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlccytiee22yhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3ml4innzfqc2mIt's a mistake for the NHS to abandon their commitment to keep their code open. I talked to @sparkes.bsky.social in @newscientist.com to try to explain why. [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 May 2026 15:25 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4innzfqc2mhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mksgftrpxk25The NHS is turning back on its commitment to keep its code open. We're asking them to reconsider. Would you join us? https://keepthingsopen.com/01 May 2026 15:18 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksgftrpxk25https://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mks6swihdc23The UK's NHS is abandoning its commitment to making publicly-funded code Open Source by closing down its repositories. Why? The NHS is spooked after researchers with access to Mythos have reported vulnerabilities in an effort to make NHS code more secure. https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2026/05/nhs-goes-to-war-against-open-source/01 May 2026 13:02 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mks6swihdc23https://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mkiirzbevs2zI really enjoyed talking to @josh.bressers.name about the @opensourcepledge.com, and about why and how we should support Open Source maintainers 😊 [contains quote post or other embedded content]27 Apr 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkiirzbevs2zhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mk4gm5thes2hFrom Hailey at https://social.hails.org/@hailey/116446826733136456 “With Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux you can run all your favourite Windows and Linux apps side-by-side with a modern Linux kernel running cooperatively with the Windows kernel in ring 0.” codeberg.org/hails/wsl9x22 Apr 2026 21:23 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk4gm5thes2hhttps://blacksky.community/profile/vlad.website/post/3mjaqaqsy2c2sIncredible seeing how much the Home Office doesn't want people to come study in this country, even when students pay fortunes to UK institutions. The part about a student being denied a visa because they had not sufficiently researched Canadian weather blew my mind. Mirror: archive.is/XbvNj [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Apr 2026 21:01 +0000at://did:plc:uewggldox6lus2tzm3ie35hb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjaqaqsy2c2s