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Article URL: https://www.pivotaltracker.com/blog/2024-09-18-end-of-life

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Here's a refined version of your text, with clearer structure and flow:

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I believe the Open Source movement, and the community built around it, has demonstrated that a form of collaborative socialism can work. The notion that people only contribute to projects for monetary gain or self-interest is simply not true. Open Source has shown that individuals will work on solutions—whether to address global challenges or explore possibilities—for the collective good of the community. This has been proven over many years of sustained, voluntary contributions.

However, within the Open Source community, the currency is knowledge or the value of your project’s output. The challenge is: how can we extend this model to all aspects of life? Could people find joy in activities like cooking, farming, or construction to the point that they would willingly contribute their skills to society, not for profit but for shared benefit? Of course, doing this day in and day out could lead to burnout and would leave room for those looking to exploit the system. Grifters will exist in any society, regardless of the economic framework.

I recall reading a tweet from a bricklayer who said he loved his work and would gladly do it for free, but not every single day. Perhaps we could move away from rigid specialization and embrace a more flexible system where people contribute in multiple areas. This shift could distribute the workload more evenly, preventing burnout and creating efficiencies across society. For example, before Git, we had numerous private code repositories, each with inefficiencies and barriers. Linus Torvalds recognized a need for change, and while Git benefited his Linux project, he made it open source for everyone. He could have privatized it to fund his work, but he didn't. The community saw its value, adopted it, and improved it.

Imagine applying this Open Source philosophy to housing. Our current approach to housing is inefficient—what innovations in materials, construction, and design could arise if we treated housing like an open-source project? The same could be applied to farming, transportation, sanitation, and power generation.

What does the community think?

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This version tightens the structure, improves clarity, and emphasizes the key points in a more fluid way. What do you think?

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Generate security requirements for every new feature built by your developers.

It accepts documents (design docs,tech specs, HLD, LLD), diagrams (architecture diagrams) and Jira tickets as input. Produces Security requirements and Open questions as output.

They are powered by LLMs, so we have a 5-scan limit for all new users. You can request access for more scans though.

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