OSS Distribution Strategy

How a dev-tools startup structures an open-source product across multiple GitHub repos, ships it through several distribution channels at once, and keeps a fast release cadence without the whole thing falling apart. Nicky compiled this from auditing a live example — the public repos under a microVM-runtime company she works at — but the patterns below are general to any "open core engine + paid hosted cloud" dev-tools company. For the higher-level "why open source at all" strategy, see Community Building.