Tag: open-source

Interview with a Maintainer

Episode 214 of Green Squares.

Bunnies in space

amybunny.offprint.app

Set up stoat.chat for local development

And things to look out for when contributing upstream

I built an RSS reader that doesn't keep your data

Ewan’s Blog

AT Protocol has a trademark policy now

Bluesky acquired the AT Protocol trademarks, published a community-friendly policy, and sent me on a tour of every repository I maintain.

The Linux Kernel — a commons that holds up the world

The Reviewer Shortage: Three Open-Source Projects, Three Responses to AI Contributions

The same problem hit three open-source projects in 2026. Each responded differently. Together, they map the landscape of options — and limitations.

Felinus Thoughts

blog.felinus.fish

Roomy & Designing for Communities

My personal experiences with the team at Roomy.

The CRA is not about open source

The CRA created an open-source steward role, then left maintenance unfunded.

Taking Roads and Bridges literally

Reflections on UN Open Source Week 2026

lu.is

lu.is

What Is a Harness?

LLMs are engines. Harnesses are everything else—the wheels, brakes, dashboard, GPS—that turn a raw engine into a useful vehicle. First in a series on harnesses for the open knowledge commons.

Open Source vs the Invisible Hand

Ten million downloads a week, one maintainer, zero dollars.

fsysgame.org Deutschland

fsys DigiGrove full stack Open-Source Modell-Server im Reallabor für digitale Souveränität MittWald!

Projekt Digi-Grove Server Kampagne geht an den Start. Unser full stack Open-Source Modell-Server im Reallabor für digitale Souveränität MittWald!

How Open Source Projects Change Hands

There are fewer ways to leave your package than to kill it.

fsysgame.org Deutschland

fsysgame.org full stack Open-Source vServer für digitale Souveränität

Digitale Unabhängigkeit und offene Lösungen sind insbesondere in der gemeinnützigen Arbeit und internationalen Entwicklungs‑Zusammenarbeit essenziell. Unser Mittwald‑vServer für unsere interkontinentale Bildungsspiel‑Initiative zum Thema Regenerative Nahrungssysteme dient seit vier Jahren mit einer vollen Bandbreite an selbst gehosteten Open‑Source‑Lösungen für unterschiedliche Projekt‑Bedürfnisse.

Forms of Open Source Government

Open source has more forms of government than countries do.

CHAOSS Metrics in 2026

CHAOSS metrics were calibrated for human-speed contribution

joe.dev - Joe Beda's Development Blog

joe.dev

10 Years of SPIFFE

A decade ago I wrote the design doc for SPIFFE. Workload identity is finally having its moment.

RFC: Artificial Contributors to Open Source

Intended status: Best Current Practice.

Dumb Ways for an Open Source Project to Die

How your dependencies became Bernies

Centrality is not vitality

Don't automatically reach for PageRank on dependency graphs

Showing Our Work

An independent benchmark of the ecosyste.ms Python fund

Not a Security Issue

How curl's disclosure policy filtered an AI scanner's findings at source

The Mismeasure of Open Source

The streetlight effect in project-health scoring

Weekend at Bernie's

Which of your dependencies are wearing sunglasses

jasnell.me

jasnell.me

OpenSource is still art

Software engineering has always been more craft than science. AI doesn't change that.

Free as in Tribbles

The next metaphor after free-as-in-puppy

Revisiting the 2015 Open Source Census

The riskiest projects in open source, scored a decade early

Announcing the 2026 Open Source Fantasy Draft

Twelve teams, snake draft, standard scoring, no salary cap

lu.is

lu.is

Collaboration: a Confused Story in Five Graphs

Some graphs about reading and writing on the internet. Less a story than a Rorschach test.

The Cathedral and the Catacombs

Stretching a metaphor deep into the floor.

What does Open Source mean?

A stack of incompatible expectations.

Rasa Community Forum

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Sunnypilot Community

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Swift Forums

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The Top 10 Biggest Conspiracies in Open Source

I'm not connecting these dots. I'm just pointing out that the dots are there.

How to Attract AI Bots to Your Open Source Project

A practical guide to getting the engagement your project deserves.

The lore/backstory behing calling my virtual hacker/makerspace "Lairland HQ"

From creating my personal channel initially as #ajhalili2006-lair at Hack Club Slack to my current self-hosting homelab journey

Announcing New Working Groups

The Open Source Foundations Consortium announces seven new working groups.

Eclecticisms

Rudy's Theory of Revolution

Eclecticisms Conversations Series: Episode 001 - Interview with Rudy Fraser of Blacksky

xkcd 2347

An interactive version of the dependency comic.

Two Kinds of Attestation

The oldest problem in computer science, but with toasters.

Whale Fall

What happens when a large open source project dies.

Respectful Open Source

Maintainer attention as a finite resource.