Episode 106: Rodrigo Mendoza on Quine and GitNFT

Guest Rodrigo Mendoza Panelists Richard Littauer | Justin Dorfman |
Ben Nichols | Eric Berry Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain!
The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long
haul. Today, we have a really awesome guest to talk about some
really cool stuff. Rodrigo Mendoza is the Founder and CEO of Quine,
a data-driven professional network for software creators, as well
as GitNFT, an NFT minting platform for GitHub commits. Rodrigo
dives deep in Quine and tells us why he’s focusing on open source
and software developers, and what is so different about his
platform. We also learn more about GitNFT, which is a part of Quine
but a different product, and he talks about some of the issues he’s
had with GitNFT and why some people get so riled up towards NFTs
and Web3. Go ahead and download this episode now to find out much
more! [00:02:09] We start off with Rodrigo telling us what Quine
is. [00:04:12] Richard wonders why Rodrigo is focusing on open
source and software developers in particular. [00:05:26] Richard
asks Rodrigo how Quine is not a subset of LinkedIn, and he tells us
what’s different about his platform. [00:09:17] Ben wonders if
Rodrigo has any pathways he could create to bring more people into
open source to distribute more opportunities to people. [00:12:33]
Another thing Rodrigo works on is GitNFT, so we find out more about
that and how it works. [00:16:22] Justin asks Rodrigo his thoughts
on why some people in this industry or our community are so hostile
towards NFTs and Web3 as a whole. [00:21:28] Richard wonders how
Rodrigo deals with the internal conflict. [00:23:36] Ben shares his
thoughts on NFTs, and Rodrigo talks about some of the issues he’s
had with GitNFT. [00:29:17] Eric shares some closing thoughts on
GitNFT, NFTs overall, and what he loves about this project.
[00:32:35] Find out where you can follow Rodrigo and learn more
about Quine. Quotes [00:02:28] “We think that coding is a
super-power and if you can code, then you should be able to
monetize your skill in a way that is very easy and very fluid.”
[00:06:48] “We think of open source as the professional network of
the future.” [00:07:21] “We think that open source contributions
are going to be micro-certificates of skill.” [00:08:35] “Open
source contributions are proof-of-work for skills.” [00:10:07] “I
like to think that open source is still in its early stages.”
[00:11:09] “Open Source has the same problems that a creator
economy has: It has issues all around attention, monetization,
content creation, content consumption, etc.” [00:15:40] “We think
that having an NFT of a commit can have value based on historical
significance.” [00:19:44] “We want to flip the script on how we
monetize open source contributions.” Spotlight [00:33:33] Ben’s
spotlight is Exercism.org. [00:34:07] Eric’s spotlight is the
Firefox Browser Developer Edition. [00:34:27] Justin’s spotlight is
a GitNFT discussion on the Sustain discourse. [00:34:45] Richard’s
spotlight is ADHD medication. [00:35:16] Rodrigo’s spotlight is
Bioconductor. Links SustainOSS (https://sustainoss.org/) SustainOSS
Twitter
(https://twitter.com/SustainOSS?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) Rodrigo
Mendoza Twitter (https://twitter.com/r0dms) Rodrigo Mendoza
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/r0dms/) Quine
(https://quine.sh/) Quine Twitter (https://twitter.com/quine_sh)
GitNFT (https://gitnft.quine.sh/) GitNFT Twitter
(https://mobile.twitter.com/gitnft) “Devs have eaten the world,” by
Rodrigo Mendoza
(https://medium.com/quine/devs-have-eaten-the-world-523c8a1d1da2)
Exercism (https://exercism.org/) Firefox Browser Developer Edition
(https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/developer/) Sustain
Discourse-GitNFT discussion
(https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/gitnft-autograph-and-sell-your-github-commits/885)
Bioconductor (https://www.bioconductor.org/) Credits Produced by
Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr
at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by
DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/)
Special Guest: Rodrigo Mendoza-Smith.