diff --git a/src/content/daily-email/2023-06-14.md b/src/content/daily-email/2023-06-14.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..58d3cb51 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/daily-email/2023-06-14.md @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +--- +title: > + What if there was no open-source software +pubDate: 2023-06-14 +permalink: > + archive/2023/06/14/what-if-there-was-no-open-source-software +tags: + - open-source +--- + +I was listening to a podcast today, and the question was mentioned - "What if there was no open-source software?". + +As a self-taught Developer who has worked with open-source technologies and become an expert in Drupal - an open-source content management system - this would have had a big effect. + +If there were no open-source frameworks or CMSes like Drupal, Symfony, Laravel or Vue.js, Developers would need to write everything from scratch, and companies would need to pay for the extra time. + +There would be no reusable knowledge as Developers move to different companies as everything would be written in-house. + +There would be no communities and events like conferences and meetups for open-source technologies. + +As well as frameworks, what about languages like PHP that are open-sourced? Would companies also need to write and maintain their own programming languages? + +What about Linux, which I use every day for my desktop environment and servers, and other tools like Neovim, PHPStan, PHPUnit and Pest that are all open-source? + +Even as someone who contributes to and sponsors open-source projects and their Developers, it's still a shock to think how things would work without open-source software. + +If you use open-source software, please consider sponsoring, supporting or contributing to the projects you use and depend on.