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		schwartzworld on Oct 29, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: Is there a platform for free development? I would say that paid open source work is the exception, not the rule.

Towaway69 on Oct 29, 2023 [–]

There must be surveys on this somewhere. It would be interesting to know how exactly all these open source developers feed themselves.

Reminds of that meme - will code HTML for food.

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