GitHub Sponsors

An open source strategy seems to conflict with an insourcing strategy at first. But the matter is more complex. It might be more useful to the core software to contribute a small feature to an open source project than to implement a workaround yourself. But in many companies, the make-or-buy decision at a team level is always decided in favor of making because the process of buying or funding something with money is too complex. A good insourcing strategy should always include a lightweight and fast process with some budget to invest in tools and the software supply chain. If your company is low on in-house developers, buying software or sponsoring open source contributors should be no problem.

A good way to give your teams the ability to invest in open source projects is by utilizing a feature called GitHub Sponsors. It allows you to invest in the projects your product depends on (your software supply chain) and keeps those projects alive. It can also give the maintainers...