https://blog.baifan.site/en/tags/open-source-maintenance/ Recent content in Open Source Maintenance on ByF (BaiFan) · Daily Deep Think Hugo -- gohugo.io en blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) CC BY-NC 4.0 Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:02:35 +0800 https://blog.baifan.site/en/codex-for-open-source/ Sat, 19 Sep 2026 23:02:35 +0800 blog@baifan.site (ByF (BaiFan)) https://blog.baifan.site/en/codex-for-open-source/ <p>An email popped up in my inbox today: &ldquo;You can just build things, enjoy 6 months on us.&rdquo;</p> <p>Sender: the Codex team at OpenAI. The first line, in big letters: &ldquo;You&rsquo;re in.&rdquo; Then: &ldquo;Thanks for maintaining open source projects.&rdquo;</p> <p>I stared at that line three times and couldn&rsquo;t help laughing out loud.</p> <figure class="my-6 flex flex-col items-center"> <img src="https://blog.baifan.site/pictures/posts/codex-open-source-email.png" alt="Free ride: secured" style="max-width: 800px;" class="rounded-lg shadow-md mx-auto center" loading="lazy" /> <figcaption class="mt-2 text-center text-sm text-neutral-500 dark:text-neutral-400 italic">Free ride: secured</figcaption> </figure> <p>A while back I filled out their Codex for Open Source application on a whim. Didn&rsquo;t expect much — I just listed the PRs I&rsquo;d submitted to context-mode, plus my own byf and dev-skills.</p>