OPEN PATH

I Am Retiring from Tech to Live Offline

By Chad Whitacre ❧ Published on May 28, 2026
tl;dr AI took the last of the wind out of my Open Source sails. I wish you all the best!
Disclosure / advertisement: I worked for Sentry when I wrote this.

Notes

This post garnered a lovely send-off from HN. Thank you all!

I am also using this moment to share a fund-raiser for my good friend Dana. We met IRL and worked together for 15+ years in Open Source communities. Thanks for helping if you can! 🙏

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