Tatum Hunter
Associate Editor at Built In
Expertise: Tech journalism
Education: Xavier University
Tatum Hunter is a former Built In associate editor covering software engineering, design and UX, and software sales. She currently covers personal technology for The Washington Post. Prior to joining Built In, Hunter was a freelance reporter writing for publications including the New York Times and American City Business Journals. She holds a bachelor’s degree in economics, English and theatre from Xavier University.
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Open-source licensure empowers governments and moneyed interests over devs. A reckoning might be on the horizon.
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Estimates can be bargaining chips, power grabs or wastes of time. They shouldn’t be.
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Read up on the pioneers of technology and social justice.
It makes scaling easier, deployments faster and computing costs lower.
In open source, as in life, hidden labor goes unrewarded.
Many devs say that’s none of your business. But should it be?
Think about who your users are, what they want to do, and why.