// Zach Leatherman · 3 February 2026

How Eleventy Survived: Funding, Growth, and Open Source Reality

Eleventy started as a side project. Now it’s a critical infrastructure for thousands of websites. TL;DR: Open source isn’t broken. But the way we fund it often is. Let’s talk about what actually works. In this episode, we sit down with Zach Leatherman, creator of Eleventy (11ty), to talk honestly ab...

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