The Open Source Community Is Undergoing a 'Short-Video' Explosion

Recently, while chatting with friends about what's happening in the software industry, I often compare it to short videos. At first I thought it was just an analogy, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized the underlying logic is almost identical. How Short Videos Took Off Initially, watching videos came with costs. Data was expensive—a video could be dozens of megabytes. Who dared to binge-watch when running low on data at the end of the month? Later, 4G became widespread, followed by 5G. Data plans got cheaper and cheaper, making it effortless to watch videos anytime, anywhere. The barrier to watching videos was essentially eliminated. The production side was changing simultaneously. In the past, shooting and editing a video yourself felt like building a rocket, to exaggerate a bit. Then Jianying (CapCut) came out, along with live streaming—you could just point the camera at your face and shoot, and people would watch immediately. Production costs were compressed close t