Vlad Miricioiu 🌸

We launched the Software Stewardship Lab today, a non-profit applied research lab dedicated to Open Source sustainability. ❤️🎉

Package Management Devroom at FOSDEM 2027: Call for Participation nesbitt.io/2026/10/26/p...

Submissions for the Package Management devroom at @fosdem.org 27 are now open! 🎉️ Do you work on improving the community's package management and software supply chain security infrastructure? This work is more important than ever, and we'd love it if you submitted a talk!

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We've reached nine million dollars 😳️ Since yesterday (!), the amount paid to OSS maintainers by @opensourcepledge.com members has risen by $739,137 to a total of $9,160,672. This is thanks to a contribution from HeroDevs, who are worth celebrating for all they do for software supply chain security 🎉️

Well that’s one way of emphasising the severity of PHP2Shell from the Dutch Government… www.ncsc.nl/index-en.html

This is such a helpful update to my favourite calendar app, it should really reduce timezone confusion

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if you're at @apache.org's Community Over Code in Glasgow, I would love it if you made it to my talk on Tuesday. it does involve getting up early, but you'll learn about spooky phantoms 👻️

"The people holding up the internet" A good-looking but somewhat depressing exposé about the people holding up current digital infrastructure as a hobby. https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet

@colinhacks.com hey! I'd love to DM you about something, would you be able to either open up your DMs or email me at vlad@vlad.website? thank you!

tell Syntax which undersupported and underpaid Open Source folks you are most grateful to 🙏️

Excited to be in Prague for my first #OSSummit! I'll be talking on Burnout in Open Source 11.55 on Friday, come say hi if you're around! 👋 Lots of exciting things in the schedule... bit.ly/3NXx5Zp

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Got to wonder where all this ends. What will OSS look like in a year?

I changed my name! My last name is now Miricioiu (mir-ih-CHO-yoo, mɪɹ.əˈt͡ʃoʊ.ju).

Sovereign Tech Resilience relaunches with four new services for critical open source projects: memory safety, post-quantum encryption, supply chain security, and Cyber Resilience Act compliance. www.sovereign.tech/news/resilie... 1/

Maintainers spend countless hours keeping the open source projects we all rely on secure. Too often, that work is unpaid. Socket is proud to join @openjsf.org's new Security Stewardship Program to help fund the researchers and maintainers protecting Node.js. socket.dev/blog/openjs-...

With help from the amazing @mirandaheath.website, the 2026 State of Devs survey results are now available! 2026.stateofdevs.com/en-US/ This already took a ton of work, and I feel like I've barely scratched the surface of what the dataset could teach us.

So happy to be involved! What a rich picture of what it's like to be a dev in 2026—the good, the bad and the ugly!

Fall pleasure: Cast-iron radiator’s warmth rising through corrugated cardboard cat-throne. Makes a boy dozy.

The Stewardship Lab has joined the @rustfoundation.org as an Associate Member! 🎉️ To support the Foundation in its mission of stewarding the Rust programming language, we're working to improve software supply chain security and developer education across the Rust ecosystem.

My 4-year/old just learned about the concept of infinity and is now throwing a tantrum over it. “It’s weird! I don’t like it. I just want numbers to stop!”

Super excited to be a speaker at @viteconf.org this year, where I'll be talking about burnout in OSS and why we should care about it 🔥 viteconf.org/tickets/t/YB...

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AI moves fast. Critical infrastructure needs support. The OpenSSF Governing Board backs sustainable funding for public package registries: stronger security, reliable services, and continued free access for developers. We’re in. Join us: openssf.org/blog/2026/09...

Updates in the recent Node Modules Inspector: - Better module type detection (now it recognizes binary packages) - Colorizing the charts by module type, published age, or duplicated versions to find them easily

live right now! watch me rank up in GeoGuessr…then get crushed in Clues by Sam

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The critical infrastructure we use every day, like healthcare and transportation, depends on the security of our software supply chains. To protect this infrastructure, we're launching a new lab at NYU that will train the next generation of Open Source security experts.

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Daniel (@danielroe.dev) and Matias (@patak.cat) of npmx (npmx.dev) join host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) explores community, governance, inclusion, burnout, and sustainability beyond nonstop productivity. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/293

I’m proud of what we accomplished with the CHAOSS Practitioner Guides. I’ve written posts about individual guides, but I wanted to talk about how they fit together. This post focuses on building healthy and sustainable projects and is the first in a 4 part series. fastwonderblog.com/2026/08/20/p...

Did you know that a bunch of software packages we all depend on are hidden from dependency trees? I spoke about this at EuroPython 2026 😊️

Such an important and multifaceted topic, thanks for the exploring this, was really nice to chat with you about it! Big recommend for anyone feeling a bit off the more they use AI to code!

This is the most important video I've ever made. In this, I explore the negative and positive mental health effects of AI coding, with data and expert commentary. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPUn...

It's 2026 and I can play pretty much any Steam game on Linux without worrying about it. I've wished for this forever. I'm so grateful to everyone who did the tremendous amount of work to make this happen.

If you missed the solar eclipse, this is what it looked like:

I'm available for consulting engagements starting in Nov. I can help you get more value out of your open source efforts by aligning your contributions with your strategies. I also work on understanding funding impact, improving OSS project governance, and custom research projects. fastwonder.com

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I slightly spooked this fox mum while she was playing with her two cubs.

Join us for the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab (stewardshiplab.org)! @vlad.website is on the podcast with hosts @richlitt.bsky.social, @abbycabs.dev & @erioldoesdesign.bsky.social to talk about promoting research for OSS maintainers and sustainers. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/292.

this is how it's done 👇👏 do you know a company that should join next? put them in the replies!