Open Source Insights
Handy site, backed by Google, that lets you dive into packages from different ecosystems and see what they depend on and what depends on them, etc.
SPDX License List | Software Package Data Exchange (SPDX)
The list of SPDX licences. For me this is useful to find the ID so that I can add the most useful value to Python package metadata.
Browse good first issues to start contributing to open source - The GitHub Blog
Github are doing more to make it easier to find good issues to get you into contributing to projects. I like this idea and should make a point of looking at the possible contributions of projects I make use of a lot.
503 days working full-time on FOSS: lessons learned
Rodrigo's history of working at Textualize, mention of the layoffs, and what he learned during the time.
Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing
A reminder that FOSS project developers owe you nothing, at least under the license. The only way you're ever owned anything is if they've directly contracted them.
A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects
Some background on how the xz backdoor situation arose.
HN: Lessons I learned from working full-time on a FOSS project for 503 days
A submission to HackerNews of Rodrigo's blog post about working at and on Textual. What's pretty funny in the comments is the speculation about how Textualize would make money, which shows that some folk were speculating on the post without actually having read it.
So nothing new for HN there.