#Open-Source
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Capture Less Than You Create
The essay argues that open source creators should not measure success by how much money they personally capture from others’ success. The proper reward is the broader value, use, and work that Rails enables.
The fate of “small” open source
The post argues that LLMs make small utility libraries less necessary, which weakens both their reason to exist and their role in teaching developers. Open source still matters, but the author thinks its value is shifting toward larger, more inventive, or niche work.
11 Practical Ways to Bring Side Income as a Developer
The post lists practical ways developers can earn side income, from bounties and guest posts to SaaS, newsletters, APIs and paid communities, while stressing credibility and sustainability.
Start your own (side) business with open-source in mind
The author says it was quick to set up a simple business website using open-source tools for hosting, framework, contact forms, scheduling, and video calls.
Week 44, 2025
Weekly compilation of links for projects, tools, and files about software, search, media, security, books, and visual web exploration.
The Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human Potential
The encyclopedia is presented as an open, searchable resource that links global problems, action strategies, and human values to help guide decisions and focus on complex issues.
Economics behind the Open Source Model
The text links open source to economics through time, effort, perceived value, supply and demand, and the exchange of products, services, and reputation. It argues that open source creates lasting value and revenue mechanisms.
In Praise of dhh
A remembrance of Ruby and Rails as joyful, welcoming tools, and a warning that David Heinemeier Hansson now uses his influence to exclude, dominate, and damage the community.
When Passion Becomes Commodity
The article argues that tech work turned passion, curiosity, and maker culture into measurable labor, while therapy and community-centered making offer a way back to creativity and shared purpose.
How I Built a Curated, Automated Open Source Portfolio
The author describes building an automated open source portfolio because manual tracking became stale. The system uses a Node.js script and GitHub Actions to collect only selected contributions under strict filters.
Reflections on the React community
Lee Robinson reflects on React’s growth, the difficulty of community management, and how commercial and non-commercial OSS create different incentives around feedback, RSC, and Next.js.
Project of the Week: Excalidraw
The page describes Excalidraw as an open-source virtual whiteboard with real-time collaboration, end-to-end encryption, and a maintainer-led workflow shaped by fast reviews, short wait times, and limited bot use.
How Adyen does AI
Adyen says it uses ML on every transaction for fraud, authentication, routing, and conversion, while its GenAI work focuses on support, human-in-the-loop workflows, and open-source models hosted in-house.
Publishing your work increases your luck
The page argues that luck is made more likely by doing work in public, building a visible body of work, and publishing along the way so opportunities can find you.
A Guide for Contributing to Any Open Source JavaScript Project Ever
The guide suggests choosing a project you use, starting with easier issues or documentation, reading CONTRIBUTING.md, and focusing only on the code tied to the issue you picked.
Pull Requests: A Primer
The article explains how to write effective pull requests by following contribution rules, keeping each PR to one scope, using clear commits and messages, and writing a concise title and body with enough context for reviewers.
Guia: Como contribuir em Open Source
O guia explica o que conta como open source, por que contribuir, como encontrar projetos e como se comunicar bem ao abrir issues e pull requests.
My reasons to love F#
The page lists reasons to like F#: cross-platform open source support, interactive exploratory work, functional style, immutability, clarity, prototyping, productivity, distribution, concurrency, syntax, community, and learning resources.
The Reality of Developer Burnout
Kenneth Reitz describes developer burnout as a slow result of open source success, pressure, and constant exposure, and says recovery came from stepping back, delegating, and keeping hobbies outside code.
Ben’s Five Keys to Creating a Successful Side Project
The post argues that side projects last when they stay personal, keep clear constraints, avoid time pressure, start simple, and evolve until help makes sense.
Ghost – A simples e perfeita plataforma para publicações
O texto apresenta o Ghost como uma plataforma de blogging simples, open-source e focada em publicações. Destaca o uso de node.js, a facilidade para criar temas e a hospedagem oferecida pela própria Ghost.
mjmlio/mjml
MJML is a markup language for responsive email that simplifies syntax, speeds development with standard components, and converts MJML into responsive HTML through its open-source engine.
The One Question to Ask Developers Before You Make a Hire Decision
The author argues that the best interview question for developers is what they have built without being paid, because it reveals initiative, problem solving, quality, live work, relevant skills, and collaboration.
Think different by live-streaming your coding sessions
The article argues that live-streaming coding sessions can help programmers rethink problems, make their reasoning explicit, create living documentation, and invite useful viewer feedback during development.
13 Factors to Consider While Choosing a JavaScript Charting Library
The article lists practical criteria for choosing a charting library, from browser and device support to customization, performance, export options, pricing, support, and the risks of small open source projects.
Understanding .NET 2015
The post maps the main parts of .NET 2015, centered on .NET Core, open source engineering, and cross-platform support, and explains how frameworks, compilers, and app models fit together.
Microsoft is interesting again — very
The piece argues that Microsoft fell behind by optimizing for dividends and short-term sales, but under Satya Nadella it is making aggressive, long-term moves again across apps, cloud, open source, and devices.
2015: The End of the Monolithic JavaScript Framework
The post argues that front-end development should move away from monolithic JavaScript frameworks toward smaller libraries and components, with less abstraction, more reuse, and stronger shared standards.
Roslyn mudou para o Github
O time de linguagens da Microsoft moveu o Roslyn do Codeplex para o GitHub, onde agora ficam issues, wiki e pull requests. O texto vê a mudança como sinal de maior abertura e participação da comunidade.
Lembrando os Heróis Ruby que se foram em 2014
O texto lamenta as mortes de Jim Weirich, Ezra Zygmuntowicz e James Golick em 2014, destaca suas contribuições para Ruby e Rails e pede que seu trabalho siga inspirando a comunidade.
Conselhos de um velho programador antissocial e ranzinza
O texto reúne conselhos de carreira para programadores: buscar trabalho e ritmo que façam sentido, reduzir a cobrança excessiva, agir com honestidade, aprender com código, projeto e produto.
The Rails/Merb Merge In Retrospect
The post argues that the Rails/Merb merge delivered limited practical modularity, took too long, and left Rails behind newer web development needs while community pressure and design choices pulled in different directions.
Microsoft creating ‘open source’ framework for gaming, formed a new team for iOS, Windows Phone and Android
Microsoft is forming a new gaming team around an open source, lightweight, extensible framework meant to run on Windows Store, Windows Phone, iOS and Android, with the aim of winning back game developers.
All of Wikipedia can be installed to your desktop in just 30 hours
Xowa automates downloading and displaying an offline copy of English Wikipedia, keeping HTML formatting intact and allowing offline navigation across other wikis, but setup takes substantial disk space and time.
The perils of mixing open source and money
DHH argues that fundraising can distort open source by replacing gratitude with market expectations, weakening intrinsic motivation, adding constraints, and corroding the community around selective rewards.
Avoid Premature Standardization
The post argues that standards can help, but standardizing too early can block experimentation and innovation. It applies that idea to GitHub issue labels and prefers project-specific experimentation over a premature common label.
How to Spread The Word About Your Code
The article gives three steps for promoting a code project: prepare the project page and documentation, share it through social, niche media, and news sites, and keep momentum with support and good community behavior.
Software engineer explains why he swore off .NET platform
Ryan Bennett says .NET is too cumbersome and costly for his projects, so he moved to free and open web platforms that are easier to acquire, configure, learn, and use for rapid product development.
Procuram-se curiosos
O texto defende a curiosidade como estilo de vida, ligada a questionar o status quo, buscar referências e cruzar ideias para mudar trabalho, tecnologia e comportamento.
Developers We Admire
Paul Irish and Divya Manian list front-end developers they admire because they teach others, contribute to open source, and base opinions on testing and evidence.