# bootstrapping open source (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover bootstrapping open source. Page: Feed: --- ## [Your documentation is a model, not a wiki page](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/your-documentation-is-a-model-not) _2026-03-30 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ Why structured architecture docs are the most undervalued asset in engineering, and how AI is about to change that ## [Your AsyncAPI specs deserve more than a repo. Give them discoverability.](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/your-asyncapi-specs-deserve-more) _2026-03-22 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ Most teams write specs and forget them. Here's how to turn them into a catalog your whole org can browse, search, and understand. ## [Domain-Driven Documentation: Documentation was never the problem](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/domain-driven-documentation-documentation) _2026-03-19 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ Why context, not content, is the real challenge for modern documentation ## [I think I just hired...... a robot?](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/i-think-i-just-hired-a-robot) _2026-02-17 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ I Installed OpenClaw 48 Hours Ago… and It’s starting to feel like a teammate ## [Don't sell to developers. Focus on value, advocacy and creating internal champions](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/dont-sell-to-developers-focus-on) _2025-11-06 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ My thoughts and lessons on selling to developers; and why a focus on value, advocacy and internal champions can help. ## [Can you get more value from your EventStorming workshops? I think you can....](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/can-you-get-more-value-from-your) _2025-10-27 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ So you finished an EventStorming session, you have 100s of post-it notes. What's next? In this blog post I explore an experiment of turning EventStorming into EventCatalog using MCP. ## [Before You Publish Your First Event… Stop.](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/before-you-publish-your-first-event) _2025-10-02 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ The hidden trap in event-driven architecture that few talk about ## [Do we need another diagram tool? Maybe not… But I think we can do better](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/do-we-need-another-diagram-tool-maybe) _2025-09-16 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ My thoughts on the pitfalls of diagram tools today, the value lost, and why we can do better. ## [How to Stop Your Event-Driven Architecture from Turning Into Chaos](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/how-to-stop-your-event-driven-architecture) _2025-09-13 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ The three most common pitfalls organizations fall into when building event-driven architectures. ## [Event-driven architecture is a shit show - It’s time to fix it](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/event-driven-architecture-is-a-shit) _2025-09-11 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ Reflecting on event-driven architecture, it's problems and what needs to change. ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/tCtMv0NV3aTg) _2025-09-11 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [From side project to full time; 12 months of open source](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/from-side-project-to-full-time-12) _2025-05-16 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ Some lessons learnt turning my open source side project into a full time job. ## [10 Lessons from 6 Months of Bootstrapping My Open Source Startup](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/10-lessons-from-6-months-of-bootstrapping) _2025-05-02 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ Here are 10 lessons I have learnt so far whilst bootstrapping my open source project into a sustainable product. ## [Can a product release too often? Yes, I think it can.](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/can-a-product-release-too-often-yes) _2025-02-27 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ As a bootstrapped developer it's easy to keep caught up just shipping features, especially as we lean into AI tools to assist us, but going too fast might be a problem? ## [Why is your product Open Source?](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/why-is-your-product-open-source) _2025-02-21 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ Open source business models are hard. A question I often get it why is it even open source? Here are some of my thoughts on that, and reasons why ## [Coming soon](https://boyney123.substack.com/p/coming-soon) _2025-02-06 · David Boyne · David’s Substack_ This is David’s Substack.