From spaCy to Weaviate to NetBird: why open source is more than free
victorialslocum · x · 2026-10-28
An open source engineer recounts her 4-year path: intern at Explosion (spaCy makers) in 2022, three years at Weaviate, now an Open Source Engineer at NetBird. She argues open source is about community-driven features, a self-hosting safety net, derivative projects like NVIDIA's Brev using NetBird, and build-in-public transparency — not just "free".
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