The author reflects on their 2018 accomplishments, including creating React Testing Library and writing a novel for NaNoWriMo.
A developer reviews their 2018 resolutions, focusing on open source contributions, blogging, and side projects, while sharing their career move to Autodesk.
The creator of Tailwind CSS announces going full-time on the project, outlining plans for version 1.0 and expanded documentation.
Explores the diverse reasons developers create R packages, from practical tools to experimental research, and discusses their varying lifespans.
A guide for open source maintainers on how to responsibly abandon a project, comparing the 'fork it' and 'hand-off' approaches.
A retrospective analysis of the .NET platform's evolution and community contributions over four years since its open-source release.
A personal reflection on the first KubeCon CloudNativeCon in China, highlighting the growth of the CNCF community and open source contributions from Chinese companies.
Public alpha launch of sr.ht, a fully open-source, modular, and lightweight software forge alternative to GitHub and GitLab.
A critique of PostgreSQL's name change from Postgres to PostgreSQL, arguing it caused persistent pronunciation confusion and was a major mistake.
Analysis of IBM's $34B acquisition of Red Hat, discussing cloud wars, open source culture, and the future of both tech giants.
A tutorial on creating an animated world population cartogram from 1800 to 2100 using R, open data, and open-source geospatial libraries.
Argues against signing Contributor License Agreements (CLAs) in open-source projects, claiming they undermine contributor rights and project freedom.
A call for contributions to the Hacktoberfest open-source event, focusing on the PowerShell project 'BurntToast' and encouraging participation.
A developer's summary of recent and upcoming technical projects, including blog series on Dapper.NET, Clojure, .NET Core, and Angular with Auth0.
Inria establishes a foundation to secure funding and support for the scikit-learn open-source machine learning library, enabling sustainable growth and development.
Introducing Tutorial Markdown, an open-source JavaScript library that extends Markdown syntax to create interactive, self-coding tutorials for technical blogging.
A developer reflects on their open source career, from learning C++ and Qt to becoming an engineering manager, emphasizing community and passion over money.
The author shares strategies for getting your work noticed and building an audience, based on their personal experience with open-source projects.
The article argues that the Commons Clause threatens open source by turning projects proprietary, and discusses better funding models for maintainers.
A developer shares his journey into public speaking, from a first tech meetup talk to leveraging his childhood experience to overcome fear.
