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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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May 16

Mapping the Shadows: RecomendeMe Intelligence and the Revolution in Combating Human Trafficking in Brazil

#ai #programming #python #opensource

2 min read

(James) Kanin Kearpimy

May 15

3..2..1 Launch!: My journey from zero to Django Contributions

#django #opensource #python

3 min read

arcsin1

May 15

Oh My PPT - Local-first AI Slide Deck Generator & Editor

#ai #opensource #javascript #webdev

2 min read

Hermes Agent Challenge Submission

Vaishnavi Gudur

May 15

Securing Hermes Agent Against Memory Poisoning

#hermesagentchallenge #ai #security #opensource

3 min read

May 15

🚀 Truenex Memory v0.1.0-alpha.1 – Your local, searchable knowledge vault 🧠📦

#opensource #ai #memory #mcp

2 min read

May 15

We Open-Sourced Our Entire Database Management Platform. Here's Why.

#opensource #devops #database #learning

3 min read

SolvoHQ

May 15

Three no-signup dev tools we shipped this week

#typescript #webdev #tools #opensource

1 min read

Ran Tayeb

May 15

Why AOT Compilation is Crucial for Modern Browser Extension Development

#architecture #javascript #webdev #opensource

3 min read

Nikolay Vinogradskiy

May 15

Why AI video workflows should be packaged like apps.

#showdev #ai #docker #opensource

1 min read

May 15

Claude: A Waste of Money

#ai #claude #opensource #programming

5 min read

Tio Fabi

May 15

Developing network-based multiplayer games made easy

#python #gamedev #opensource #programming

1 min read

Ertugrul

May 15

OpenAnima v1 — Open-Source Desktop Overlay Engine for Windows

#showdev #gamedev #opensource #sideprojects

2 min read

Ali Eissa

May 28

What if UI tests validated user experience instead of selectors?

#webdev #playwright #testing #opensource

2 min read

Printo Tom

May 15

Introducing the AI Workflow Starter Kit: Build, Fork, and Extend AI Workflows Faster

#ai #opensource #github #workflowautomation

1 min read

Bryan |

May 15

AI Agents Are Lying to You

#ai #webdev #productivity #opensource

3 min read

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