Reading up on ecosyste.ms
2 deep · digging since may 29
- Open Source vs the Invisible Hand
Open source software production defies standard economic theory by producing stable, valuable, and widely-used goods despite lacking price signals, contracts, or incentives that textbooks predict are necessary.
- Package managers that package package managers
Andrew Nesbitt built a matrix showing which of 42 package managers can install each other, finding a 14-hop chain from AUR to an Elm compiler.