A guide to installing and running the open-source LanguageTool grammar checker locally on macOS for privacy-conscious users.
An open source maintainer's detailed breakdown of their 2024 income, showing a shift towards community sponsorships and project-based earnings.
A developer shares personal experience and reasons for contributing to open-source projects like GitLab, highlighting non-coding contributions and benefits.
Introduces Daintree.app, an open-source alternative to the AWS console with multi-region views, fast role switching, and a coherent interface.
A call to discuss transparency and governance issues at FOSDEM '25 following the cancellation of a controversial sponsored keynote talk.
A protest is planned at FOSDEM '25 to disrupt Jack Dorsey's talk, citing objections to his company's sponsorship and advocating for more transparent event processes.
A critique of Jack Dorsey's keynote at FOSDEM, arguing billionaires and their harmful ventures are unwelcome in the free software community.
Developer shares their new role as a Developer Advocate at Pomerium, a Zero Trust access control platform, and discusses the company's open-source approach.
An analysis of three common reasons why funding models for open source software projects often fail, based on the author's long-term experience.
Explores the meaning of zero-major versioning in software, challenges assumptions about production readiness, and discusses Semantic Versioning (SemVer) as a communication contract.
A software engineer shares their experience starting a new role as a Senior Product Engineer at PostHog, an open-source analytics platform.
An open source maintainer discusses the importance of open source software, its widespread use, and challenges like the Log4Shell vulnerability and the left-pad incident.
A developer shares their personal decision to financially sponsor open source projects they use, detailing their approach and encouraging others to donate.
Mitchell Hashimoto reflects on the personal journey and philosophy behind releasing Ghostty, a new terminal emulator, after reaching version 1.0.
A review of Brian's book 'Approachable Open Source', highlighting its advice on contributing to open source beyond just writing code.
A GitHub Star's personal account of attending GitHub Universe 2024, covering keynotes, community events, and tech experiences in San Francisco.
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Announces 7 new free R programming books added to the Big Book of R collection, covering topics like machine learning, data science, and software engineering.
Analyzes the negative impact of poorly configured stale bots in open-source projects and proposes a more user-friendly approach for maintainers.
The Python Build Standalone project is being transferred to Astral, the company behind uv and ruff, for ongoing development and maintenance.
How to use GitHub's moderation settings and interaction limits to protect open source repositories from spam comments, issues, and PRs.
