Community Bait and Switch

Mon, 28 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

A company builds an open source project as the core of their product. They do the work of building container images and pushing them to Docker Hub so the community can pull and run them easily. Then one day they announce they are stopping. Four days notice. Or less.

AI is Your Best Friend for End User Support in Open Source

Mon, 21 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0000

If you’re looking for end-user support on any open source project out there, one of your best options—if not the best—is AI.

I know that sounds like a hot take. Everyone’s talking about AI “destroying” open source. It’s not. What AI is actually doing right now, right in the end user’s face, is making open source usable for a lot more people.

Open-Source on Robert Sirchia

Community Bait and Switch

AI is Your Best Friend for End User Support in Open Source