https://youtu.be/lA-wD89m6jM?si=6MvqDH_Y6SzdNGLg

I watched @zachleat's AMA during THE 11ty Meetup and I appreciate his accountability and honesty about the shift from #11ty to #BuildAwesome. Now that I've had a chance to simmer and think about the realities of an open source project funding specifically, I feel better about the shift for the longevity of 11ty.

In considering the scale of businesses and organizations that rely on 11ty, yet aren't adequately supporting the project (fuck them, honestly.), I feel grateful to Zach that he found a home for 11ty that will support continued development. I also feel for Zach navigating the balance between making a damn living and maintaining the homegrown feel of 11ty and it's community. It's an impossible paradox.

I still hate the new name, and that's okay. The shift is a response to problems bigger than me and I can accept that. I will forever be grateful to the 11ty community for helping me build my development skills and finding a web home that feels encouraging and kind. 💖

I wrote about how I implemented adding the baselines status web component to #11ty (#BuildAwesome) here

https://www.alwaystwisted.com/articles/adding-baseline-status-to-my-eleventy-site