Hacker News with Generative AI: Non-Profit

Ask HN: Moving a not-for-profit web app off AWS (ycombinator.com)
I'm developing an app to help foreign Buddhist monks in Thailand learn Thai and Pali languages. The app incorporates LLMs for interactive learning, and I'm experimenting with spaced repetition techniques within chatbot interfaces and for long-form text memorization.
Non-Profit, Web Development, Thailand, Buddhism, Language Learning
36 points by sjayasinghe 5 days ago | 67 comments
Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division (techcrunch.com)
The Mozilla Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Firefox browser maker Mozilla, has laid off 30% of its employees as the organization says it faces a “relentless onslaught of change.”
Mozilla Foundation, Layoffs, Non-Profit, Technology, Firefox
189 points by atestu 83 days ago | 67 comments
Internet Archive "Save Page Now" has been re-enabled (archive.org)
The Wayback Machine is an initiative of the Internet Archive, a 501(c)(3) non-profit, building a digital library of Internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form.
Internet Archive, Wayback Machine, Digital Preservation, Technology, Non-Profit
19 points by motownphilly 85 days ago | 0 comments
If the Django Software Foundation had $1M (jacobian.org)
A couple weeks ago I gave a talk at DjangoCon US about the finances of the Django Software Foundation. I wanted to give folks a high-level understanding of our current financial situation, and then imagine a world where we had a substantially-larger budget.
Django, Software Foundation, Finance, Non-Profit
33 points by zdw 111 days ago | 8 comments
Things I've learned serving on the board of the Python Software Foundation (simonwillison.net)
Two years ago I was elected to the board of directors for the Python Software Foundation—the PSF. I recently returned from the annual PSF board retreat (this one was in Lisbon, Portugal) and this feels like a good opportunity to write up some of the things I’ve learned along the way.
Python, Open Source, Community, Leadership, Non-Profit
169 points by rednafi 131 days ago | 102 comments