Open Source Blackout
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A thought experiment exploring what would happen if all major package registries (Packagist, NPM, PyPI, Maven Central, crates.io) went offline simultaneously. The piece argues that these critical infrastructure services, which collectively handle hundreds of billions of downloads monthly and underpin an estimated $8.8 trillion in value, are dangerously underfunded and maintained by volunteers burning out while corporations extract enormous value for free. It calls on enterprises to financially support the open source infrastructure they depend on, developers to implement proper caching, and highlights the geopolitical risk of European software development depending on US-controlled infrastructure.
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Day Zero: This is fine🔥The Week After: Realization hits28 Days Later: Welcome to the apocalypseThe bitter ironyThe corporate free lunchThe wake-up callWhat needs to changeThe more likely scenarioSort: