Hi, I'm Vlad. I work on protecting the Open Source infrastructure the world depends on, as the Executive Director of the Software Stewardship Lab.
I am an expert in Open Source sustainability, software supply chains, low-level programming, 3D graphics and web technologies. I've been a programmer for 19 years.
I am also a PhD researcher in philosophy, working on the ethics and epistemology of Open Source software.
I celebrate playful, patient, high-effort craftsmanship; and value collective governance over alienated wage labour. I think that being kind is important; I play music; and I love cats and birds. I live in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Happening now
Current roles
A non-profit applied research lab for Open Source sustainability.
Raised $7,262,189 for Open Source maintainers.
Tackling the global Open Source sustainability crisis.
Researching the ethics & epistemology of Open Source.
“The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something that we make, and could just as easily make differently.”
Previous roles
Helping companies find & pay the maintainers they depend on.
Spent 10 years building things for the University of Oxford, Gates Foundation etc.
We made a Game Boy cartridge reader to preserve your childhood save files.
Other projects
Clumsy Computer
I teach others coding from first principles.
Peony Game Engine
A 3D game engine I built from scratch.
Ideology Research Group
A group for studying ideology that I co-organise.
Peony Software
Developing next-gen spreadsheet software.
Hare
A low-level programming language I worked on.
Low Carbon Software
A not-quite-yet collective.
Philosophy
Open Source stewardship
Living together
Software
Fun
Contact
“Philosophy is the ungainly attempt to tackle questions that come naturally to children, using methods that come naturally to lawyers.”