The circus freaks of open source
Read OriginalThis article examines two notable figures in open source: Terry A. Davis, creator of TempleOS, a hobbyist operating system built under the influence of severe schizophrenia, and Kent Overstreet, developer of bcachefs, a copy-on-write file system for Linux. It critiques the public fascination with Davis's mental illness and its impact on his work, while contrasting it with Overstreet's technical contributions. The piece reflects on the ethics of engaging with troubled creators and the nature of open source projects.
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