So, the other day, Gumroad announced it was going “open source,” which got a lot of attention.
That same day, Wired wrote a story about Gumroad’s founder, and his association with #DOGE, that perhaps didn’t have the same impact.
Let’s fix that.
https://tedium.co/2025/04/06/gumroad-open-source-doge-drama/
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Ernie Smith
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2025-04-06 17:56:57 UTC
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