- Most open source projects on the Internet are on Github. One could argue Github itself has taken a significant role in the growth of OSS in the last decade
- Using Discord is totally du jour for open source communities in 2025
- Reddit is still the biggest discussion forum on the Internet. Including discussion about open source
The same idea applies to self-driving cars though, no? That is an industry where the "AI revolution" will enrich only the existing incumbents, and there is a huge bar to entry.
Self-driving cars are not going to create generational wealth through invention like microprocessors did.
Also in answer to sibling comments - you don't need to connect the UI software to the cloud. I have an Edgerouter SFP-X and a few AP lites. I recently added an 8 port Unifi switch for more PoE ports.
Following is to the best of my knowledge! Any ex-Unifi folks or other pros are welcome to correct me:
- The Edgerouter absolutely does not talk to ui.com (except check-for-updates). There's no remote control ability etc etc.
- The Unifi range can be controlled from the cloud, but via your Unifi Cloud Key. You can run this software yourself, without buying extra hardware. When it is not running there is no comms to the cloud. Run the software, configure things, stop the software - I run it in docker on an rpi4.
Neat. I wrote my own hacky little Python app to upload to dropbox, but they recently broke that with changes to the dropbox python library. I hadn't bothered to fix it :)
I'll check this out instead - thanks for sharing OP.