Open source is why it is easy to throw your own technology away

When everything you build is open, there is no moat you have to keep using and no part of the stack to protect from replacement; you can be the first to replace what you wrote when something better appears. The habit is to ask of every component whether it still earns its place, and open source removes the one bad reason to say yes: that you built it.

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Where it comes from

No server, by design Why it is easy to throw technology away (newsroom)

What it answers in the 2018 book

Open Source answered written, MVP for Gen Z Dev

Where it goes

Chapter Open source, part Build it without a server (drafting); topic Open source: contribute, fork, and why it protects everyone.

Other ideas proposed for the same chapter: Open source means nobody can lock you in: the fork next door, Your first pull request: open source is still the newcomer's best door, Open source, community and OWASP: working and getting hired in the open, with the names behind it.

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