Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software

Review: ★★★★★

Nadia Eghbal examines the modern open source ecosystem, exploring how maintainers create, sustain, and govern the software infrastructure that the world depends on. The book draws on extensive research and interviews to analyze the economics, social dynamics, and challenges of maintaining open source projects at scale. A groundbreaking look at the hidden labor behind the code that powers the internet.

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Cover of Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software by Eghbal, Nadia

Author: Eghbal, Nadia

Started On: Mar 19, 2021

Completed On: Mar 23, 2021

Pages: 256

ISBN: 1953953301

ISBN13: 1953953301