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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.

submission guidelines

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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Palomino for Logto

Jul 19 '24

The fastest way to build an authentication system

#webdev #identity #productivity #opensource

4 min read

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Jun 20 '24

How the Bathroom app offers a real-life solution to a real-world problem

#webdev #bootstrap #opinion #opensource

2 min read

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Petar Randjelovic

Jun 29 '24

The Role of Canva in the world of Software Development

#webdev #canva #design #opensource

1 min read

Ryan Feigenbaum for GrowthBook

Sep 16 '24

When Companies Adopt Feature Flags

#featureflag #abtesting #opensource #deploy

3 min read

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Sunil Kumar Dash for Composio

Jul 18 '24

13 Hidden Open-source Libraries to Become an AI Wizard 🧙‍♂️🪄

#javascript #python #ai #opensource

12 min read

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Steve Sewell for Builder.io

Jul 19 '24

Introducing Micro Agent: An (Actually Reliable) AI Coding Agent

#ai #programming #webdev #opensource

8 min read

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Jul 18 '24

Open Source projects that changed the world

#opensource #community #programming

2 min read

Lulu

Jul 19 '24

Recommended free and open-source WAF for 2024.

#waf #opensource #cybersecurity #docker

3 min read

Palomino for Logto

Jul 19 '24

Enhancing OIDC security with demonstrating proof of possession (DPoP)

#webdev #security #programming #opensource

3 min read

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Francesco Ciulla

Jul 30 '24

How to Write Tests in Rust

#programming #opensource #rust #beginners

3 min read

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Isaac Lee

Jul 19 '24

Fixing Package Dependencies

#showdev #ember #javascript #opensource

3 min read

Lulu

Jul 19 '24

SafeLine Community Edition releases dynamic protection capabilities.

#javascript #html #cybersecurity #opensource

3 min read

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Jul 30 '24

Comparison of file and component structures among Shadcn-ui, Plane.so and Gitroom.

#opensource #gitroom #planeso #shadcnui

4 min read

BekahHW for OpenSauced

Jul 18 '24

YOLO Coding: The Good, the Bad, and the Risky

#opensource #github

4 min read

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Jul 19 '24

Ultimate Guide to Mastering JavaScript Array Methods

#javascript #beginners #tutorial #opensource

6 min read

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