#GitHub is calling for a new #EU #techfund (€350M) to support #critical #opensource #softwaremaintenance, highlighting its economic importance and the need for #sustainablefunding.

While acknowledging the need for #publicfunding, there is concern about big #techcompanies offloading their #responsibilities and the potential for the fund to become a subsidy for them.

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/07/github-eu-open-source-funding?Fedizen.EU #Fedizen #Fediverse #ActivityPub #News

Good on the German authorities who set up the Sovereign Tech Fund. To help fund the maintenance of core software that most people have never heard, but depend on every day. I want to see every government in the world setting up a similar fund, and having them coordinate their efforts.

https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/

A Taxonomy of Tech Debt #technicaldebt #softwaremaintenance #softwareengineering

https://technology.riotgames.com/news/taxonomy-tech-debt

Our CTO, Rachel Laycock, highlights warning signs of technical debt and offers advice on fixing it and building adaptable systems, allowing your business to thrive in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.

Explore the article: https://ter.li/ce8um6

Half an hour into the day’s bug triaging and the strong urge to give it all up and become a bricklayer is pretty overpowering.

Hi! Here's my #introduction. I'm a Research Software Engineer (#RSE) at https://www.gi.alaska.edu/. I work on the #IceSheet model #PISM (https://www.pism.io/).

Interested in #HPC, #SoftwareDevelopment, #SoftwareMaintenance, #AppliedMath, elegant #algorithms and #code.

When not at work I enjoy #cycling (#FatBiking in the winter), #running, #photography, and baking #bread.

I'm likely to write about software development and (probably less often) whatever else I find interesting.