Kodsnack 716 - Dubious lifestyle decisions, with James Smith

<p>Fredrik chats with <a href="https://floppy.org.uk/">James Smith</a> about forking Rails for the greater good. The name of the project is <a href="https://mosscap.dev/">Mosscap</a>. (During recording, it still used the temporary name Amiko.) James explains why the forking project has been started, and why many people have been calling for change within the Rails world for a long time.</p>

<p>James talks about what has been done so far, the importance of getting more people involved, quickly, technical solutions, and of getting the governance model right. Technology and development in itself isn&rsquo;t really the important focus. Mosscap is place to keep maintaining existing Rails apps, but not necessarily the way to start completely new ones. There may not even be a second major version of Mosscap. There are other projects for that situation.</p>

<p>We also discuss James' project <a href="https://manyfold.app/">Manyfold</a> and how it works to apply for and build software funded by <a href="https://nlnet.nl/">NLNet</a> (EU, essentially) grants.</p>

<p>Thank you <a href="http://www.cloudnet.se">Cloudnet</a> for sponsoring our <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server">VPS</a>!</p>

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<h2 id="links">Links</h2>

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<li><a href="https://floppy.org.uk/">James</a></li>

<li><a href="https://manyfold.app/">Manyfold</a> - James own project</li>

<li><a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/">NGI zero</a></li>

<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_on_Rails">Ruby on rails</a></li>