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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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Huy Nguyen

Jun 20 '24

Introducing Django Headless CMS: A Powerful and Flexible CMS Solution

#django #cms #opensource #python

3 min read

Harry

May 17 '24

Best Practices for Adopting Open-Source Software in 2024

#webdev #opensource #productivity

10 min read

Jun 19 '24

shadcn-ui/ui codebase analysis: How is “Blocks” page built — Part 3

#javascript #nextjs #shadcnui #opensource

5 min read

Jun 19 '24

Measured now supports your favorite Kotlin platform

#programming #kotlin #opensource #multiplatform

1 min read

Jun 19 '24

Introduction to Kubernetes

#kubernetes #containers #cloudnative #opensource

6 min read

Artur Daschevici

Jun 19 '24

OpenAI api RAG system with Qdrant

#openai #opensource #langchain #rag

6 min read

Yuri for Supabase

Jun 18 '24

Developer Updates - May 2024

#webdev #programming #ai #opensource

4 min read

Antonio

Jun 19 '24

Top 11 Open Source Design Systems

#opensource #ui #webdev #beginners

2 min read

Gorakhnath Yadav for Hyperswitch

Jun 19 '24

Scaling to 125 Million Transactions per Day: Juspay's Engineering Principles

#digitalpayments #rust #opensource #haskell

3 min read

Gaetan Gasoline

Jun 19 '24

Using a custom info-column

#webdev #devops #opensource #development

3 min read

May 16 '24

Processing Foundation 2024 Software Development Grant (pr05): 'New Beginnings' Open Call

#webdev #javascript #programming #opensource

2 min read

eter nada

Jun 19 '24

Make your first contribution on github easily

#github #beginners #tutorial #opensource

2 min read

Jun 19 '24

Leveraging APIs to Enhance Your Software Functionality

#api #programming #tutorial #opensource

3 min read

shrey vijayvargiya

Jun 19 '24

Beyond Traditional Email Services: Dynamic Solutions for Developers

#webdev #api #opensource #javascript

4 min read

Shrijal Acharya

Jun 30 '24

✨ Do this first if you are using an Auth Provider 🧙‍♂️ 🫵

#webdev #javascript #opensource #programming

7 min read

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