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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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Domenico Tenace for Playful Programming

Jul 29 '24

7 Open Source Projects You Should Know - Rust Edition ✔️

#opensource #rust #github #softwaredevelopment

2 min read

Jul 30 '24

Toddle is soon open-source.

#news #opensource #webdev #programming

1 min read

Lulu

Jul 30 '24

Mastering Web Security: How to Set Up and Test SafeLine with APISIX

#cybersecurity #devops #docker #opensource

4 min read

Mariana Caldas for Web Dev Path

Jul 30 '24

Becoming a leader by leveraging mentoring

#mentorship #opensource #leadership

4 min read

vincanger for Wasp

Jul 25 '24

How I promoted my open source repo to 6k stars in 6 months

#marketing #opensource #webdev

7 min read

Nils Hyoma

Jun 26 '24

My Journey with Backlog Refinement Cards - Optimizing Collaboration with Stakeholders

#opensource #agile #gamification #scrum

3 min read

Jul 29 '24

Cache your fetcher in useSWR with useCallback.

#javascript #nextjs #gitroom #opensource

3 min read

Jul 29 '24

Milvus Adventures July 29, 2024

#opensource #rag #llama3 #vectordatabase

4 min read

Ocean

Jul 29 '24

From 200 AI Directories to My Own Search Engine: The Birth of AskAITools

#ai #searchengine #opensource #vectordatabase

3 min read

NocoBase

Jul 18 '24

Top 15 Open-Source Low-Code Projects with the Most GitHub Stars

#lowcode #github #opensource #nocode

13 min read

Ricardo Sueiras for AWS

Jul 29 '24

AWS open source newsletter, #202

#opensource #aws

18 min read

alisdairbr for Koyeb

Jun 25 '24

How to Deploy Infisical to Manage Application Secrets on Koyeb

#webdev #tutorial #opensource #security

11 min read

Kanavsingh

Jul 29 '24

Day 1: Getting Started with DevOps and Understanding its Core Principles

#devops #opensource #productivity #learning

2 min read

Ramzi Issiakhem

Jun 25 '24

Creating an Opensource E-Learning Solution: Structuring the base of the Project's codebase

#opensource #symfony #webdev #devjournal

3 min read

Jun 25 '24

Developing and Using the jrest2 Library for HTTP/HTTPS Protocols

#java #opensource #api #rest

9 min read

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