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.
A report on recent scikit-learn sprints in Austin and Paris, highlighting new features, bug fixes, and progress toward the 0.20 release.
A project to map and analyze the governance models of various open source projects, creating a machine-readable resource for comparison and learning.
Explores the benefits of using email-based git workflows with tools like git send-email, contrasting them with web platforms like GitHub.
A developer shares seven key lessons on open source governance, from being conscious about structure to maintaining community kindness.
A developer leaves his job at OkCupid to work full-time on the Zig programming language, funded by community donations, and outlines his development roadmap.
Analyzes Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub, discussing its potential impact on competition, innovation, and the tech industry's future.
A developer compares GitHub to his alternative platform, sr.ht, discussing design philosophy, features like CI, and a different business model.
A maintainer shares principles for managing volunteer-driven Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) projects, focusing on volunteer well-being and empowering contributors.
