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Emma's open notes

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Emma's open notes is a tech site on sunnydeveloper.com, in English, funded by its readers: 1 people pay through GitHub Sponsors, as the platform publishes it.

Emma Irwin's independent blog on the human side of openness, AI governance, trust and open source communities.

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Latest posts

• Beware the siren song of AI self-governance - alignment requires community ownership2026-09-30
• We have the data, the standards, the expertise to solve most OSS sustainability problems - dollars? Not so much.2026-09-11
• Canada’s Digital Sovereignty Gaps and What I Think We Should Do About Them2026-09-08
• Tracking trends in AI policy across open source communities2026-08-31
• AI Alignment Metrics for Open Source Communities2026-08-09
• "Open" has lost its power in the age of AI2026-08-05
• AHA moment - keeping our creative voice and pace2026-08-02
• Making sense of an open source career - in this AI moment2026-08-02

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