Alex Ker 🔭(@thealexker):not enough people stop and think about how the best tech of the past few decades was built on open source: linux, git, much of the open web. 70-90% of software in a modern codebase is open source. the beauty is you’re always standing on the shoulders of giants. there’s a reason why open-weight is progressing exponentially. glm-5.3 evolved from attention -> deepseek sparse attention -> indexshare. even with limited compute compared to closed labs, teams cut attention below quadratic cost through making architecture and algorithms efficient. open-source wins stack and compound. decentralized innovation is truly a remarkable force.

2026.08.30 22:55

not enough people stop and think about how the best tech of the past few decades was built on open source: linux, git, much of the open web. 70-90% of software in a modern codebase is open source. the beauty is you’re always standing on the shoulders of giants. there’s a reason why open-weight is progressing exponentially. glm-5.3 evolved from attention -> deepseek sparse attention -> indexshare. even with limited compute compared to closed labs, teams cut attention below quadratic cost through making architecture and algorithms efficient. open-source wins stack and compound. decentralized innovation is truly a remarkable force.