Overcoming the Goldilocks Complex
A developer's guide to navigating the intermediate learning plateau, with advice on open-source contributions and targeted skill-building.
A developer's guide to navigating the intermediate learning plateau, with advice on open-source contributions and targeted skill-building.
How to use GitHub's protected branches feature to give non-code contributors issue management and moderation permissions without code commit access.
Explains why a project's README file should serve as its foundational document, defining core goals to guide development and manage scope.
A guide to navigating the open-source CoreCLR runtime source code, covering its structure, stats, and key components like the JIT and GC.
A guide for developers on how to start contributing to open source projects, covering finding projects, selecting issues, and open source etiquette.
Announcing the redesigned Inqlude website with improved library categorization, navigation, and metadata for Qt libraries.
SwiftGen 4.2 released with major internal refactoring, plus updates on other open-source projects like Reusable and fastlane.
A developer's recap of presenting the Gnocchi time-series database at the FOSDEM 2017 open-source conference in the Python devroom.
An open source maintainer discusses the meaning and impact of the phrase 'patches welcome,' contrasting dismissive uses with constructive contributor engagement.
A freelance web developer shares their 2017 goals, focusing on community involvement, learning new tech, and improving work-life balance.
A tech industry reflection on sexism and bias, challenging the notion that it's not a problem in one's own company or country.
A step-by-step guide on contributing to open-source GitHub projects by forking, syncing, branching, and creating pull requests.
An open source maintainer argues that users should fix bugs and add features themselves, not just request them, and provides guidance on how to start contributing.
A developer shares their experience contributing to an open source OCR startup's Node.js SDK, fixing minor issues and submitting a pull request.
A senior developer explains his motivations for using StackOverflow for over 7 years, focusing on skill development and community engagement.
Announcing Voca, an open-source JavaScript library for comprehensive and modular string manipulation.
Open-source Enhanced Usage Tracking for OBIEE now available, capturing detailed user interaction data for performance and analytics.
Explores the $500 security guarantee for finding vulnerabilities in qmail, highlighting principles for secure open-source software development.
Rittman Mead announces open-source release of key BI/DI tools including a JavaScript API for OBIEE frontends and visual plugins.
A developer's initial experience using Google's OSS-Fuzz project to perform large-scale fuzz testing on the open-source libyaml library.