A developer shares lessons on managing open source projects, focusing on people skills, ego management, and leadership structures for success.
Introduction to a newsletter for software builders covering engineering practice, tools, open source, and reflections.
Explores free, open-source alternatives to MinIO for local S3 emulation in demos and dev pipelines, focusing on Docker, simplicity, and S3 compatibility.
Anthropic invests $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation to support Python ecosystem security and core development.
Anthropic invests $1.5 million in the Python Software Foundation to support Python ecosystem security and core development.
The author announces their new role as Probabl's CSO to accelerate development of the scikit-learn machine learning library and its ecosystem.
A developer creates a web tool and Node.js library to generate Cistercian numeral characters as SVG/PNG images, with code available on GitHub.
A developer compares a paid Mac cleaning tool to a free, open-source CLI alternative called Mole for freeing up disk space.
Zach Leatherman announces his upcoming talk at the State of the Browser 2026 conference, a web development event.
Argues against anti-AI sentiment in software development, stating AI is a permanent, useful tool that will democratize coding and improve productivity.
Author explores the legal and ethical implications of using LLMs to port open source code between programming languages, based on personal experiments.
Author explores the legal and ethical implications of using LLMs to port open source code between programming languages, based on personal experiments.
Analyzes AI's dual impact: disrupting open-source sustainability while accelerating product experimentation and prototyping.
The author describes their work improving Git's official documentation, including creating a new data model document and updating core man pages.
Analysis of npm supply chain attacks in 2025 and a critique of GitHub's security response, proposing stronger measures.
Introduces an open-source, agentic approach to end-to-end testing that records user interactions to reduce flakiness and maintenance.
December's major AI model releases focused on open licensing, long-context efficiency, and multimodal capabilities from companies like Mistral, Amazon, and OpenAI.
Introduces a free, open-source .NET Toolbox with utilities like JSON to C# conversion, middleware designer, and package centralizer for developers.
How to retrieve archived Git repositories from Software Heritage, using a UK government open source project as a case study.
A retrospective on organizing Django On The Med, a small contributor sprint, focusing on community impact beyond code.
