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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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Caleb Jeon

Feb 17

I Built a Pre-commit Security Scanner with Claude Code

#showdev #security #opensource #python

2 min read

Mar 16

I Built a Browser UI for Claude Code — Here's Why

#claude #ai #opensource #devex

8 min read

Johnson

Mar 23

PicoClaw vs OpenClaw — What's the Difference?

#ai #opensource #programming #productivity

4 min read

Feb 18

A CI tool that stops AI from undoing your team's architectural decisions

#opensource #rust #react #webdev

3 min read

Pritom Mazumdar

Mar 23

Carbon Layer v0.5.1 — Chaos testing for payment webhooks, now with Juspay (4 providers supported)

#opensource #webdev #python #stripe

2 min read

Mar 18

I Bought a Domain at 15. Now It Powers 400,000+ Users.

#devops #opensource #dns #story

3 min read

Mar 21

I Modernized BitchX — The Legendary 90s IRC Client Now Has AI Built In

#irc #opensource #ai #retro

3 min read

Mar 23

Shadcn Tabs React Guide: 9 Real Patterns, Use Cases, and Performance Tips

#webdev #opensource #react #shadcn

6 min read

Pat

Feb 16

I Rebuilt My Agent Framework From Scratch. Here's Why TypeScript Won.

#opensource #typescript #ai #webdev

4 min read

Mar 23

I Switched from VirtualBox to QEMU/KVM… and It Feels Almost Native

#linux #virtualmachine #qemukvm #opensource

3 min read

Lyra

Feb 17

Beyond htop: Modern Linux Observability with eBPF

#linux #devops #opensource #performance

2 min read

Feb 17

I Built a Claude Code Plugin That Enforces My Development Standards in Every Session

#ai #productivity #opensource #devtools

3 min read

Feb 17

Search Scientific Papers from Any AI Tool — Introducing BGPT MCP

#ai #science #research #opensource

2 min read

NocoBase

Mar 12

How to Build a Custom CRM with PostgreSQL

#ai #postgressql #crm #opensource

10 min read

Mar 23

Why I store Shopify form submissions as metaobjects (and you should too)

#shopify #webdev #javascript #opensource

3 min read

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