Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vlad.website
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I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good.
❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, thanks.dev, endowment.dev
❄ Philosophy PhD researcher in Edinburgh
❄ Love cats + birds
I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good.
❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, thanks.dev, endowment.dev
❄ Philosophy PhD researcher in Edinburgh
❄ Love cats + birds
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It’s book release day! I’m back on social media! I feel slightly awkward about it because part of the book is about how social media transforms your motivations for communication!
But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank.
But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank.
January 13, 2026 at 4:09 PM
It’s book release day! I’m back on social media! I feel slightly awkward about it because part of the book is about how social media transforms your motivations for communication!
But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank.
But honestly writing a book is lonely, weird basement-work, and now I want to talk to people about this weird jank.
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the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
January 9, 2026 at 6:48 AM
the discourse on what jobs are acceptable to replace with generative AI reveals a lot about what we think of other people's jobs
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We are overdue with our @opensourcepledge.com for 2025, but hearing the news from @tailwindcss.com made us turn around and get it done™
We're now processing $146,000 to open source projects that we use and like at Sanity HQ.
www.sanity.io/blog/open-so...
We're now processing $146,000 to open source projects that we use and like at Sanity HQ.
www.sanity.io/blog/open-so...
Open Source Pledge 2025: Stepping up when it matters | Sanity
For our 2025 Open Source Pledge, we're committing $146,000 to the projects and people behind the tools we use every day.
www.sanity.io
January 8, 2026 at 11:41 PM
We are overdue with our @opensourcepledge.com for 2025, but hearing the news from @tailwindcss.com made us turn around and get it done™
We're now processing $146,000 to open source projects that we use and like at Sanity HQ.
www.sanity.io/blog/open-so...
We're now processing $146,000 to open source projects that we use and like at Sanity HQ.
www.sanity.io/blog/open-so...
It's heartbreaking to see widely-used frameworks like Tailwind become even less financially sustainable due to LLMs.
I appreciated Tailwind's creator sharing his feelings of failure and frustration in an emotionally vulnerable way, and I made a short video to explain how I see the problem.
I appreciated Tailwind's creator sharing his feelings of failure and frustration in an emotionally vulnerable way, and I made a short video to explain how I see the problem.
AI is breaking our connections with creators
YouTube video by clumsy computer
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January 8, 2026 at 10:23 PM
It's heartbreaking to see widely-used frameworks like Tailwind become even less financially sustainable due to LLMs.
I appreciated Tailwind's creator sharing his feelings of failure and frustration in an emotionally vulnerable way, and I made a short video to explain how I see the problem.
I appreciated Tailwind's creator sharing his feelings of failure and frustration in an emotionally vulnerable way, and I made a short video to explain how I see the problem.
@tailwindcss.com's business model went away overnight — partly because LLMs are accelerating the Open Source sustainability crisis.
I wrote a post about how LLMs popularise projects while simultaneously financially harming their creators.
Another reason for companies to join @opensourcepledge.com.
I wrote a post about how LLMs popularise projects while simultaneously financially harming their creators.
Another reason for companies to join @opensourcepledge.com.
LLMs Are Accelerating the Open Source Sustainability Crisis
Adam Wathan, the creator of Tailwind CSS, has been speaking about how LLMs have made his project more popular than ever…while also making it fall apart financially, causing him to fire 75% of his engi...
vlad.website
January 8, 2026 at 2:20 PM
@tailwindcss.com's business model went away overnight — partly because LLMs are accelerating the Open Source sustainability crisis.
I wrote a post about how LLMs popularise projects while simultaneously financially harming their creators.
Another reason for companies to join @opensourcepledge.com.
I wrote a post about how LLMs popularise projects while simultaneously financially harming their creators.
Another reason for companies to join @opensourcepledge.com.
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prospective Pledge co's: idk it's a lot of money, will it really help with recruiting?
prospective employees:
prospective employees:
Haha thanks!
You & @chadwhitacre.com & @sentry.io putting so much time & effort & money into @opensourcepledge.com & sponsorships was a big reason why I joined Sentry. It speaks positively and strongly about the company culture and motivations and people!
You & @chadwhitacre.com & @sentry.io putting so much time & effort & money into @opensourcepledge.com & sponsorships was a big reason why I joined Sentry. It speaks positively and strongly about the company culture and motivations and people!
January 5, 2026 at 9:45 PM
prospective Pledge co's: idk it's a lot of money, will it really help with recruiting?
prospective employees:
prospective employees:
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watching Paul Graham become a Marxist from first principles is extremely funny
Corrupt tech billionaires are buying power to tilt the world in their favor.
Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️
The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.
It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
Even the co-founder of Y Combinator is saying it. ⬇️
The radical death cult rising from Silicon Valley venture capital is metastasizing rapidly.
It's an existential threat to democracy and humanity.
January 2, 2026 at 8:19 PM
watching Paul Graham become a Marxist from first principles is extremely funny
Great Tit at Blackford Pond, Edinburgh
December 31, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Great Tit at Blackford Pond, Edinburgh
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Learn how we utilize Gen AI at Buttondown–it may surprise you.
buttondown.com/blog/generat...
buttondown.com/blog/generat...
How Buttondown uses your content to power generative AI
Nope nope nope.
buttondown.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Learn how we utilize Gen AI at Buttondown–it may surprise you.
buttondown.com/blog/generat...
buttondown.com/blog/generat...
I shared the joy of creating documents using @typst.app on my YouTube channel today
Don't use Microsoft Word! Use this instead.
YouTube video by clumsy computer
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December 30, 2025 at 9:53 PM
I shared the joy of creating documents using @typst.app on my YouTube channel today
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Life is so much shorter than it seems. So much of what we’re pressured to focus on just doesn’t matter. But people do. Love does. And they’re the only things that make this hellscape worth the trouble in the end. Love them if you’ve got them 💛💛💛
December 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Life is so much shorter than it seems. So much of what we’re pressured to focus on just doesn’t matter. But people do. Love does. And they’re the only things that make this hellscape worth the trouble in the end. Love them if you’ve got them 💛💛💛
Fox at Blackford Pond, Edinburgh — very sassily came right up to me.
December 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Fox at Blackford Pond, Edinburgh — very sassily came right up to me.
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Why are girls always cold?
December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Why are girls always cold?
I got in my bathtub with my clothes on to tell you that Netflix, YouTube, Disney+ and others should give back to Open Source maintainers
Hidden Open Source #432: Netflix uses FFmpeg
YouTube video by clumsy computer
youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
I got in my bathtub with my clothes on to tell you that Netflix, YouTube, Disney+ and others should give back to Open Source maintainers
Christmas came early in the form of @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social's new book 🎉
December 12, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Christmas came early in the form of @aidanmcglynn.bsky.social's new book 🎉
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Time to stop working for free to springer and elsevier.
Editors at Springer’s Journal of Philosophical Logic Resign, Launch New Open Access Journal - Daily Nous
All of the editors-in-chief and associate editors of Springer Nature's Journal of Philosophical Logic have announced their immediate or pending resignation and the launch, as of today, of a new "diamo...
dailynous.com
December 10, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Time to stop working for free to springer and elsevier.
oh my god I am so excited for this
December 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
oh my god I am so excited for this
I tried to go for a full day without using Open Source software. It didn't go well.
A Day Without Open Source
YouTube video by clumsy computer
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December 9, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I tried to go for a full day without using Open Source software. It didn't go well.
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hey #feministsky - who's writing or has written things you've found valuable about platonic friendship between men & women? #philsky
December 3, 2025 at 6:59 PM
hey #feministsky - who's writing or has written things you've found valuable about platonic friendship between men & women? #philsky
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I am tremendously grateful for open source, as it’s had such a huge impact on my career. That’s one of the reasons I’m so happy that Posit has committed to the @opensourcepledge.com. Read about our contributions to non Posit projects at posit.co/blog/posit-o....
Posit’s progress and renewed commitment to the Open Source Pledge - Posit
Posit continues its Open Source Pledge, investing heavily to support the open-source data science ecosystem.
posit.co
November 28, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I am tremendously grateful for open source, as it’s had such a huge impact on my career. That’s one of the reasons I’m so happy that Posit has committed to the @opensourcepledge.com. Read about our contributions to non Posit projects at posit.co/blog/posit-o....
met this spherical guy
November 27, 2025 at 10:24 PM
met this spherical guy
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Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
Even God Is Worried About ChatGPT
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
www.vulture.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Pope Leo XIV told students not to use artificial intelligence for homework, saying that AI ‘won’t stand in authentic wonder before the beauty of God’s creation.’
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This Thanksgiving, top your turkey with Cranberry sOSS to fund open source
This Thanksgiving, top your turkey with Cranberry sOSS to fund open source
Unusual holiday drive raises cash for the people keeping critical code alive
The Open Source Pledge organization is working to combat the problems of FOSS maintainers not getting paid, and the closely related issue of developer burnout, with a Thanksgiving-themed campaign.…
dlvr.it
November 24, 2025 at 10:58 AM
This Thanksgiving, top your turkey with Cranberry sOSS to fund open source
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It's ~Thanksgiving, so let's #thankthemaintainers together 🫂
First up, @magnushi.bsky.social, CEO of @sanity.io, with a special shout out to @citizenofnowhe.re, creator of @motion.dev
Tell us what OSS project/maintainer you're thankful for, or show your support by buying some @CranberrysOSS.com 👀
First up, @magnushi.bsky.social, CEO of @sanity.io, with a special shout out to @citizenofnowhe.re, creator of @motion.dev
Tell us what OSS project/maintainer you're thankful for, or show your support by buying some @CranberrysOSS.com 👀
November 20, 2025 at 5:30 PM
It's ~Thanksgiving, so let's #thankthemaintainers together 🫂
First up, @magnushi.bsky.social, CEO of @sanity.io, with a special shout out to @citizenofnowhe.re, creator of @motion.dev
Tell us what OSS project/maintainer you're thankful for, or show your support by buying some @CranberrysOSS.com 👀
First up, @magnushi.bsky.social, CEO of @sanity.io, with a special shout out to @citizenofnowhe.re, creator of @motion.dev
Tell us what OSS project/maintainer you're thankful for, or show your support by buying some @CranberrysOSS.com 👀
buy sauce → support Open Source maintainers
In keeping with the theme of the report, our mission, and the season, let’s say thanks to OSS maintainers. Introducing @cranberrysoss.bsky.social, available for 13.37 while supplies last. All proceeds go straight to maintainers via thanks.dev. cranberrysoss.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
buy sauce → support Open Source maintainers