Devtools must be open source

Global Tech Tue, 04 Aug 2026 00:00:31 GMT Moderate confidence — 64/100

Five years ago, most software engineers I spoke to had no programs they had written for themselves.
(I was asking this question a lot as part of trying to understand how Tailscale could fit into engineers’ lives.) All day, every day, engineers use programs written by others to write programs for others.
Many of us customized the programs we used, through config files or plugins or extensions, and many of us used the programs we wrote for others, as users.

Five years ago, most software engineers I spoke to had no programs they had written for themselves.
(I was asking this question a lot as part of trying to understand how Tailscale could fit into engineers’ lives.) All day, every day, engineers use programs written by others to write programs for others.
Many of us customized the programs we used, through config files or plugins or extensions, and many of us used the programs we wrote for others, as users.

Sources: Exe