My Third Year as a Solo Developer
A solo developer's third-year retrospective on building a software business, focusing on the success of his open-source KVM device, TinyPilot.
A solo developer's third-year retrospective on building a software business, focusing on the success of his open-source KVM device, TinyPilot.
A developer's introductory blog post about sharing knowledge on open source, documentation, and community building.
Analyzes the /r/wallstreetbets deplatforming to argue for open, federated platforms over proprietary ones like Discord, citing user control and aligned incentives.
Explains the core FOSS principle that you cannot monopolize commercial exploitation of open-source software, and how businesses must adapt.
A critique of Elastic's decision to change Elasticsearch's license, arguing it betrays open source principles and its contributor community.
Explores the State design pattern using the real-world example of ngrev, an open-source tool for reverse engineering Angular applications.
Introducing EZComponent, an open-source frontend framework that simplifies building with Web Components, featuring a streamlined workflow and built-in reactivity.
A personal reflection on the author's 2020, discussing burnout, creative output, and the impact of the pandemic on work and life.
A guide on using Git and GitHub workflows for contributing to open-source projects, covering forking, cloning, and syncing repositories.
Announcing godocs.io, a community-maintained replacement for the sunsetting godoc.org Go documentation service.
A step-by-step guide on how to submit your Eleventy-built website to the official Eleventy leaderboards via a GitHub pull request.
A newsletter to help Google Summer of Code aspirants with tips, guidance, and insights from mentors and former students.
Kent C. Dodds explains why he is reducing his involvement in open source and direct support to focus on family and commitments.
A developer shares practical strategies for making a living from free and open-source software, covering employment and monetizing personal projects.
A critique of DuckDuckGo's privacy and technical flaws, arguing for a new, truly open-source search engine with its own crawler.
An analysis of data discovery platforms, their key features, and available open-source solutions to improve data findability in organizations.
The original maintainer of the sway window manager and wlroots library is handing over project maintenance to Simon Ser.
A critical analysis of Firefox and Mozilla's decline, citing layoffs, executive pay raises, and strategic failures, arguing the web is a lost cause.
A developer shares lessons from Hacktoberfest 2020, including contributions to Azure Arc, K8Spin, and Dapr, and discusses the event's challenges.
Learn how to use humans.txt to credit your team members on web projects, including examples and best practices.