The Internet Is a Net Negative
A software developer argues that the internet has become a net negative, critiquing its shift from democratization to commercialization and psychological manipulation.
A software developer argues that the internet has become a net negative, critiquing its shift from democratization to commercialization and psychological manipulation.
A developer's 2025 review focusing on a single keynote talk about open source infrastructure, and lessons learned about preparing invited vs. pitched talks.
Explores using Goose AI agent's sub-recipes to automate multi-platform social media content generation from a single workflow.
A developer argues for normalizing 'finished' software that works without constant updates, contrasting it with the expectation of perpetual maintenance.
A proposal for a 'No Maintenance Month' in December for underfunded open-source projects to highlight the need for sustainable funding.
A developer reflects on the political roots of free software, questioning its current purpose after achieving mainstream adoption.
A developer's personal review and comparison of Ente, an end-to-end encrypted photo backup service, against alternatives like Amazon Photos and self-hosted options.
A developer creates a reusable AI agent recipe using Goose to transform messy lost and found data into organized web applications.
Major tech companies launch the Agentic AI Foundation under the Linux Foundation to promote open, collaborative standards for AI agent development.
Analysis of Mistral AI's new open-source CLI coding agent 'Vibe', including its architecture, prompts, and a practical test.
A developer reflects on an 11-year-old GitHub issue being closed, musing on career changes and tech evolution.
Mitchell Hashimoto announces Ghostty terminal's transition to a non-profit structure to ensure trust and public benefit.
Ghostty terminal project transitions to a non-profit structure under Hack Club to ensure its long-term sustainability and commitment to open source.
Brendan Gregg discusses AI agents trained on his performance engineering work, their limitations, and the ethical implications of creating 'Virtual Brendans'.
Olmo 3 is a new fully open-source large language model from AI2, featuring training data, code, and unique interpretability for reasoning traces.
Discusses the future of small open source libraries in the age of LLMs, questioning their relevance when AI can generate specific code.
A developer reflects on the impact of AI-generated code on small, educational open-source libraries like his popular blob-util npm package.
Announcing dns-benchmark-tool, an open-source Python package for testing and comparing DNS server speeds to optimize application performance.
Key trends from GitHub's 2025 Octoverse report, including record developer growth, TypeScript overtaking Python, and the AI repository explosion.
A recap of the Django Girls Pescara 2025 workshop, a community event introducing beginners to Python and Django programming.