Nadia Eghbal: Open-Source Software
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One of the core theses of Nadia Eghbal's work is that open-source software projects don't have zero marginal cost. Maintenance can be expensive, even if the code itself is free to distribute. In this episode, we spoke about how sharing ideas on different platforms helps you express different sides of your personality, why GitHub is the center of the open-source community, and what she learned running a grant program. Please enjoy my conversation with Nadia Eghbal.
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