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Corporate Open Source Anti-patterns
Bryan Cantrill · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2014–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 94 other talk videos tagged Software practice, open source & careers, the mean is 3.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.3 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
29% of its 7 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2014–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 43 minutes 4 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2014-09-17.
- Channel / speaker
- Bryan Cantrill
- Verified runtime
- 43m 4s
- YouTube upload date
- 2014-09-17
- Hacker News mention years
- 2014–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other talk videos in Software practice, open source & careers. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Corporate Open Source Anti-patternsCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 29% | — | 43m 4s | 2014-09-17 |
| Bret Victor The Future of Programmingtalk · Joey Reid | 12 | 11 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 32m 56s | 2013-07-31 |
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| 🚀 TDD, Where Did It All Go Wrong (Ian Cooper)talk · DevTernity Conference | 11 | 11 | 80% | No recorded overlap | 63m 55s | 2017-12-20 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License”. Its short rationale: Talk names this pattern among corporate open source anti-patterns.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “CIQ, Oracle, SUSE Create Open Enterprise Linux Association”. Its short rationale: Insightful talk whose lessons echo current corporate open source events.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Warren Buffett Joins the Crowd Struggling to Understand Oracle”. Its short rationale: Cantrill is a passionate, entertaining speaker with sharp views on Oracle.