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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz

@vladh@merveilles.town
hometown 4.2.17+hometown-1.1.2

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh.
❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev
❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source
❄ Love cats + birds

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Joined January 11, 2022
website:
https://vlad.website
current work:
https://opensourcepledge.com; https://endowment.dev
research:
University of Edinburgh philosophy dept; https://ideology.group
location:
Edinburgh (prev. London, Basel, Berlin, Manchester, Bucharest)

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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

merveilles.town
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

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@vladh@merveilles.town · Feb 10, 2026

“Sovereignty is not about where a company is headquartered or where software was originally written. It is about who ultimately controls the technology.

The right question to ask about any technology: can someone take the software away from me?”

https://dri.es/the-software-sovereignty-scale

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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

merveilles.town
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

merveilles.town
@vladh@merveilles.town · Feb 07, 2026

We need better tools for uncovering phantom binary dependencies. Not having these tools makes our global tech infrastructure less secure, and puts a strain on the Open Source maintainers we rely on.

I collected some resources on this topic in this new post.

https://vlad.website/binary-dependencies-identifying-the-hidden-packages-we-all-depend-on/

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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

merveilles.town
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

merveilles.town
@vladh@merveilles.town · Feb 04, 2026

Here's my FOSDEM 2026 talk about phantom binary dependencies 👻 — software packages we depend on without realising it, which leads to security and sustainability issues.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP8OFI5PdBI

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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

merveilles.town
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

merveilles.town
@vladh@merveilles.town · Feb 03, 2026

Anthropic, makers of Claude, have published a report saying that “AI use impairs conceptual understanding, code reading, and debugging abilities, without delivering significant efficiency gains on average”; for Claude Code specifically, they expect even “more pronounced” impacts on learning

https://www.anthropic.com/research/AI-assistance-coding-skills

(filters: #ai)

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Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

merveilles.town
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
Vlad-Stefan Harbuz
@vladh@merveilles.town

I'm a researcher working on software and philosophy that contributes to the public good, in Edinburgh. ❄ Building opensourcepledge.com, endowment.dev, thanks.dev ❄ Philosophy PhD researcher: ethics & epistemology of Open Source ❄ Love cats + birds

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@vladh@merveilles.town · Oct 08, 2024

So freaking excited to launch the Open Source Pledge!!! Companies rely on the work of Open Source maintainers. Those maintainers should get paid, and we're celebrating the companies who do the right thing. Fediverse friends, tell your employer to #paythemaintainers!

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