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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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Cover image for OpenClaw: Plug WAIaaS Into Any AI Agent Framework

Wallet Guy

Apr 1

OpenClaw: Plug WAIaaS Into Any AI Agent Framework

#web3 #ai #opensource #tutorial

4 min read

Apr 1

Why I Built a Browser-Based Pixel Art Editor (And Why You Should Care)

#pixelart #gamedev #indiedev #opensource

1 min read

Apr 1

A fully-featured React loader overlay component

#react #javascript #opensource #npm

1 min read

Cover image for The Agent Economy Needs Infrastructure, Not Custody

Wallet Guy

Apr 1

The Agent Economy Needs Infrastructure, Not Custody

#web3 #ai #opensource #tutorial

5 min read

Cover image for Managing and Securing Environment Variables (.env): A Look at evnx

Suchismita Moharana

Apr 5

Managing and Securing Environment Variables (.env): A Look at evnx

#security #devops #python #opensource

6 min read

Apr 1

Seeded PPU state contracts for the TD2 compare lane

#gamedev #cprogramming #retrocomputing #opensource

1 min read

kiwi_tech

Apr 24

Stuck in the Woods (and a Logging Loop!)

#ai #minecraft #web3 #opensource

2 min read

Mohammed

Apr 14

I built an open-source ops automation platform — here's what I learned

#opensource #devops #nextjs #automation

3 min read

Cover image for K501 — Geschichte einer Entstehung (erweitert)

Apr 1

K501 — Geschichte einer Entstehung (erweitert)

#discuss #opensource #architecture #ai

3 min read

Michał

Apr 5

Lightweight layered configuration management for Python

#python #machinelearning #opensource #devops

1 min read

Ashu

Apr 1

How I Used Rust and Reinforcement Learning to Slash LLM Token Usage by 40%

#news #rust #opensource #ai

3 min read

Apr 1

🎲 Aleam — A True Random Number Generator built for AI.

#showdev #ai #opensource #python

1 min read

Cover image for Designing Stable Integration Testing Architectures for Data-Driven Systems By QA Transformation & Integration Architect

Apr 24

Designing Stable Integration Testing Architectures for Data-Driven Systems By QA Transformation & Integration Architect

#opensource #automation #azure #dataengineering

3 min read

Cover image for After the Broadcom Rug Pull: Why I Built Open-Source Helm Charts That Use Upstream Images and Ship With S3 Backup

Mar 31

After the Broadcom Rug Pull: Why I Built Open-Source Helm Charts That Use Upstream Images and Ship With S3 Backup

#kubernetes #helm #devops #opensource

5 min read

Cover image for I Built a Free Invoice Generator, Resume Builder, and Cover Letter Generator That Don't Require Signup

Aral Roca

May 2

I Built a Free Invoice Generator, Resume Builder, and Cover Letter Generator That Don't Require Signup

#showdev #webdev #javascript #opensource

6 min read

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