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May The Source Be With You! Articles about Open Source and Free Software as a philosophy, and its application to software development and project management.

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UPDATED APRIL 8, 2020

To keep this tag clean and meaningful, please ensure your post fits into at least one of the following categories:

Organizing, managing, running, or working in an Open Source project.
Open Source philosophy, licensing, and/or practical and legal topics thereof.
Advocacy and adoption of Open Source philosophy.

DO NOT use this tag if you are simply using technologies which happen to be open source.

You should NOT use this tag for any of the following:

Promoting open source projects, such as feature lists or announcements. (Use #news or Listings.)
Contributor requests. (Use #contributorswanted or Listings.)
Tutorials/articles that happen to use an open source tool. (Use appropriate technology tags.)
Showing off something you've built that happens to be open source. (Use the #showdev tag.)
Sharing lists of open source projects. (Use #githunt or the appropriate technology tags.)

Projects must comply with the Open Source Definition (see below) to legally use the term "open source".

As all "Free Software" officially complies with the standards of Open Source anyway, this tag covers both (collectively, FOSS).

about #opensource

Open Source is so much more than "you can read the code". It is formally defined by the Open Source Initiative.

"Open Source" should not be confused with the similar Free Software, which is defined by the Free Software Foundation. Generally, all Free Software is also Open Source, and the two camps often cooperate; however, the concepts are distinct! (The tags are merged here on DEV.to for simplicity, however.)

Open Source Hardware is defined and overseen by the Open Source Hardware Assocation

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Sep 14 '23

How is it to build something in public?

#buildinpublic #opensource #cybersecurity #microsaas

2 min read

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BekahHW for OpenSauced

Sep 12 '23

Navigating Spammy and Low-Quality PRs: A Guide for Maintainers

#opensource #100daysofoss #github

4 min read

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Greptime

Sep 14 '23

From Participant to Intern - Zou Wei's Journey with Greptime and OSPP 2023

#greptime #database #programming #opensource

4 min read

RoboCoach

Sep 13 '23

ROScribe

#gpt3 #robotics #ai #opensource

2 min read

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Kaustubh Shinde

Sep 13 '23

How to use Stack UI to build your personal portfolio

#javascript #opensource #productivity #tutorial

16 min read

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Sep 13 '23

WunderGraph Cosmo: a open source alternative to Apollo Federation, GraphOS, Studio, etc...

#graphql #opensource #webdev #javascript

5 min read

Sep 13 '23

Customizing the App Theme and Using Custom Fonts in Flutter

#flutter #dart #opensource #beginners

3 min read

Shelender Kumar 🇵🇰

Aug 15 '23

Exploring Graph Analytics with Apache AGE: A Comprehensive Overview

#apache #database #opensource #postgres

2 min read

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Louis Fortier-Dubois

Sep 7 '23

Why Rust Is the Optimal Choice for Deep Learning, and How to Start Your Journey with the Burn Deep Learning Framework

#deeplearning #opensource #rust

4 min read

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Wasim A Pinjari

Sep 13 '23

No Backend: How This Firebase Alternative Changing The Game

#supabase #database #opensource #api

3 min read

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Nevo David for Gitroom

Sep 10 '23

🎯 Medium vs. DEV vs. Hashnode vs. Hackernoon 🔥

#discuss #webdev #opensource #productivity

5 min read

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Peter Vivo

Sep 13 '23

Simplify your React state management with react-state-factory

#discuss #react #opensource #typescript

2 min read

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Niklas for Rig.dev

Sep 5 '23

Introducing Rig.dev: An open-source application platform for Kubernetes

#webdev #kubernetes #opensource #startup

3 min read

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Binamin

Sep 13 '23

Everything About Open Source Projects That You Need To Know.

#discuss #beginners #webdev #opensource

2 min read

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Fernando for IDURAR AI , Inc | Where Ai Build Software

Sep 12 '23

Programming Languages as Super Heroes Comics!!

#beginners #programming #python #opensource

2 min read

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