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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 10 '23

TILvert, my first open-source project

#typescript #opensource #programming

1 min read

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BekahHW for Virtual Coffee

Sep 5 '23

Join Virtual Coffee in the Preptember 2023 Monthly Challenge!

#opensource #hacktoberfest #beginners

2 min read

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Sep 10 '23

AWS Amplify | End-to-End Setup: LinkedIn Learning Tracker

#aws #devops #opensource #community

2 min read

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Nevo David for Gitroom

Sep 3 '23

Why every startup should be built on open-source... 🤔🤔

#discuss #webdev #productivity #opensource

5 min read

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Sep 9 '23

Announcing Ghostfolio 2.0

#showdev #contributorswanted #finance #opensource

3 min read

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Asmit Malakannawar

Sep 9 '23

GUADEC 2023 - My first conference as an organizer

#guadec #opensource #eventsinyourcity #gnome

4 min read

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Aditya Oberai for Appwrite

Sep 9 '23

Build An Intelligent Chatbot With ChatGPT And Appwrite Functions

#appwrite #openai #opensource #ai

3 min read

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Jani Giannoudis

Sep 21 '23

Introducing Payroll Engine

#opensource #architecture #payroll #automation

4 min read

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Matej Bačo for Appwrite

Sep 7 '23

Serverless your way: Unleashing Appwrite Function’s true potential

#serverless #opensource #programming #git

7 min read

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Ephraim Duncan for Documenso

Sep 8 '23

Deploying Documenso with Vercel, Supabase and Resend

#webdev #tutorial #opensource #postgres

5 min read

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Sep 9 '23

Case Study on Netflix | A DevOps Culture

#devops #aws #opensource #culture

3 min read

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Marc Seitz for Papermark

Sep 4 '23

From Tweet to Launch 🚀 – My Open Source Journey

#showdev #opensource #nextjs #webdev

4 min read

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Sep 9 '23

Detecting changes in JavaScript and CSS isn't an easy task, Part 2

#buildinpublic #opensource #cybersecurity #microsaas

4 min read

Daniel Ahn for Dogu Technologies

Sep 11 '23

Dogu v1.11.0: Cross-browsing, Mobile app and Game test with Routine, Routine GUI editor, Dogu Studio live user session, and more

#update #testing #opensource #automation

4 min read

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Sep 9 '23

MariaDB Installation Made Easy: A Guide for Arch-Based Linux Users

#mariadb #database #sql #opensource

2 min read

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