How to be an open-source gangster
summary
Live demo shows hook.io and hook.js as a distributed event-emitter that moves pub/sub into browsers and servers, using the dnode JSON‑RPC protocol and optional CouchDB transport. Project already has about 700 watchers, ~18 officially sponsored hooks and ~10 active contributors; code sits in a 0.7x pre‑1.0 branch and the demo messages flow end to end. Hosting practice reports 80–85% open source of the company codebase and the released demo works.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Start
- 0:49Gangster Rap Idioms versus Open-Source Workflow
- 8:36Real recognize real Recruitment
- 9:10Put the hood on your back Community building
- 9:52Put your crew on the payroll Building an open-source company
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