I am the co-founder of Read the Docs, Write the Docs, and EthicalAds.
Open remote profile ↗@atpfm this is the best effort I know around to funding open source, might be worth mentioning on the show.
I also wrote about this back in 2018, so it’s definitely been a long-term thing.
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2018/mar/9/one-percent-for-open-source/
Also this is another great report from 10 years ago.
Open Source PledgeOpen Source PledgeOpen Source software powers the world, but who supports the maintainers? We do.
I redid my personal website and I was so excited, I felt like I needed to do a new blog post. This was one I promised the Djangocon folks this year to explain my excitement at them moving to a single track conference, along with open spaces, which is the best type of conference. I explain why here:
https://www.ericholscher.com/blog/2026/oct/25/single-track-conferences/
Eric HolscherSingle-track conferences with a formalized hallway trackI’ve helped organize around 50 conferences over the years, mostly Write the Docs and PyCascades events, and attended around 50 more. Over this time, I’ve come to build a preference for a certain ki...