Glass-Box Engineering: How Working in Public Is Redefining What Infrastructure Can Be
A new generation of infrastructure projects is abandoning the closed-door model of software development in favor of radical visibility — publishing not just code, but decision logs, roadmaps, and internal debates for anyone to examine. This shift is quietly transforming how communities, researchers, and independent developers engage with the tools that underpin the modern digital world. Here, we trace the contours of that transformation and ask what it demands from the teams bold enough to build