“None of the stuff that we do would be possible without the Open Source software we use. It wasn’t even moral indignation; it was a sense of confusion: why aren’t we paying [Open Source maintainers]?"

@buttondown's Justin Duke on the @opensourcepledge blog ❤️

https://opensourcepledge.com/blog/story-of-buttondown/

Buttondown: How One Team Built a Successful Business by Building Less | Open Source Pledge

Buttondown founder Justin Duke on the company's origins and why they give thousands each year to Open Source contributors

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