A retrospective analysis of the Rust-for-Linux project's progress, challenges, and developer burnout, two years after its initial proposal.
Learn how to use a GitHub Action to automatically update your GitHub profile with an OpenSauced Dev Card showcasing your open source contributions.
Author reflects on being named a Python Software Foundation Fellow, highlighting community contributions and shared recognition with Adam Johnson.
The author explains why their PHP framework, Tempest, will require PHP 8.4 as a minimum version, citing future-proofing, community advancement, and managing adoption.
A blog post about the author's contributions to the awesome-standalones GitHub repo, a curated list of framework-agnostic web components.
A software engineer reflects on formative internships at Corel and OTI/IBM, working on Linux, Wine, .NET, and the Eclipse SWT toolkit.
Explores Polaris, an open-source catalog service for managing Apache Iceberg tables in data lakehouses, covering its architecture, entities, and security.
A developer restores and open-sources the old JetBrains Omea information management app, making it run on modern Windows.
Analyzes the economic challenges for businesses trying to monetize open source software, highlighting the inherent conflict between collaboration and competition.
A .NET product manager explains the compliance-driven shutdown and transfer of several personal .NET microsites to Microsoft.
A talk from EuroPython 2024 exploring the various ways developers can contribute to the Python community and its ecosystem.
Explains how Cryptomator, a free open-source tool, provides end-to-end encryption for files stored in cloud services like Google Drive or Dropbox.
Explores the nuances of open-source licensing, the 'open core' model, and the distinction between 'free as in speech' vs. 'free as in beer'.
A guide on using GitHub Codespaces to simplify contributor onboarding for .NET open-source projects by setting up pre-configured cloud dev environments.
Introduces MixEval, a cost-effective LLM benchmark with high correlation to Chatbot Arena, for evaluating open-source language models.
Explores the benefits of IRC for open communities, comparing channels to meeting rooms in a virtual co-working space.
An introduction to Valibot, a new modular data validation library for JavaScript, exploring its origins and core concepts.
The article discusses the spin-off of scikit-learn's open-source development from Inria to a new mission-driven enterprise, Probabl, focusing on sustainable funding and growth.
A talk from DjangoCon Europe 2024 exploring various ways to contribute to the Python and Django communities, aimed at both newcomers and existing members.
A software engineer reflects on the evolving personal and professional value of attending tech conferences over a 15-year career.
