{"id":151870,"date":"2026-04-06T17:01:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T00:01:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/?p=151870"},"modified":"2026-04-24T20:43:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:43:12","slug":"theopensource","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ma.tt\/2026\/04\/theopensource\/","title":{"rendered":"TheOpenSource"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s very cool to see <a href=\"https:\/\/t3.gg\/\">Theo \/ t3.gg<\/a>&#8216;s open source arc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed alignwide is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/08NqrRQArNw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Just in general, with people creating more software than ever, it&#8217;s so exciting to see an explosion of open source and a growing understanding of why working together on open source makes so much sense for the future we want to build.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s very cool to see Theo \/ t3.gg&#8216;s open source arc. 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