Stephen J. Carnam

The debacle between WordPress.org and WPEngine has shaken the FOSS (Free Open Source Software) world, with the potential to impact over 40% of the Internet’s websites. This ongoing crisis not only strains relationships between the companies but has also divided employees, clients, and community members. It is like burning oil—creating noxious fumes and stifling lawsuits that may permanently change the landscape of the software we all trust and use. To understand why this is happening, we’ll need to dive into some uniquely intimate insights about the players at hand, as well as reflect on how this affects FOSS and what could be done to salvage the fragile ecosystem.

The price of publishing certified, code signed software for Microsoft Windows quadrupled this year. Apple developers have remained at $99 a year as code signing is apart of their membership fees; whether or not one wishes to distribute privately or through the AppStore. Microsoft on the other hand has been slow to compete and while

Update: In addition to dev.cc, I’ve acquired dev.pw and also pointed it to localhost. I’d highly recommend users switch to using dev.pw for their localhost domain and development needs because it is way more cost effective for me, personally. Three-dot-two letter domains are very rare and very costly. Think of the ‘pw’ as standing for

I don’t make it a habit of taking screenshots. That happens on occasion when I fumble with gripping the iPhone’s opposing power and volume buttons; but I do admit to capturing my mother smiling. Sadly, those unique opportunities have come to an end. Now I cannot feel bitter or alone. That would break my mother’s