The Next Web·4yCopilot works so well because it steals open source code and strips credit
The Software Freedom Conservancy announced its withdrawal from GitHub today. The SFC is upset that Microsoft and OpenAI trained an AI system called Copilot on data that was published under an open-source license. The only way to get access to Copilot is through a special invitation from Microsoft or paid subscription.
Pointer·4yawesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted: A list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own servers
This is a list of Free Software network services and web applications which can be hosted on your own server(s) Non-Free software is listed on the non-Free page. Awesome-Selfhosted is the practice of hosting and managing applications on your OWN server.
Pointer·4yJarred-Sumner/bun: Incredibly fast JavaScript runtime, bundler, transpiler and package manager – all in one.
Bun is a fast & easy-to-use tool that embeds JavaScriptCore, which tends to be faster and more memory efficient than more popular engines like V8. Instead of 1,000 node_modules for development, you only need bun. Join bun’s Discord for help and have a look at things that don't work yet.
It's Foss·4yAppFlowy: An Open-Source Alternative to Notion
AppFlowy aims to be an open-source replacement to Notion, providing you with better privacy. Built with Rust and Flutter, AppFlowy follows a minimal approach to simplify things yet with enough room for tweaks. Notion can directly access your private data in the cloud as closed-source software.
Discover .NET·4yThank-you GitHub!
Maintainer Month is an annual event to celebrate the work of open source software developers. This year, the event is raising money for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) to improve the quality of software in the world. The NIST has raised more than $1.2 million in the last year.
codeguru·4yTop 10 Security Testing Tools for Developers
Security testing is the practice of evaluating an information system’s security by detecting and exploiting vulnerabilities. With the number of data breaches on the exponential rise, it is more crucial than ever for developers to ensure the security of their websites and applications. There are a number of open-source security testing tools around to help in this endeavor.
Changelog·4yLissy93/awesome-privacy: 🦄 A curated list of privacy & security-focused software and services
A curated list of privacy & security-focused apps, software, and providers. Migrating to open-source applications with a strong emphasis on security will help stop corporations, governments, and hackers from logging, storing or selling your personal data. Remember that no software is perfect, and it is important to follow good security practices.
Hashnode·4yThis website is open source
When I rewrote my website in Astro, I decided to make it an open source project. This means people can use the source code, but only while maintaining the same license. This ensures it will stay a free project forever. There are many great readers out there who often see little mistakes, and I would love for them to have a way to contribute.
GitHub Blog·4yRelease Radar · June 2022 Edition
Capri 4.0 is a fast, low resource, web framework for Node.js. The latest version comes with an even faster system, synchronous route registration, and new Pino transports. Capri aims to address this by creating static sites that support islands architecture. This type of website design provides better accessibility and faster load times. Check out the project and add some music to your community.
Product Hunt·4yPocketBase - Open Source realtime backend in 1 file
PocketBase is an open source Go backend that has embedded realtime database, files and users management, admin UI and REST-ish API, all compiled in 1 portable executable. You could think of it as a lightweight alternative to Firebase or Supabase. For more information on PocketBase click here.
It's Foss·4yKoodo is an All-in-one Open Source eBook Reader for Linux
Koodo is an all-in-one open source ebook reader with features to help you better manage and read your ebooks. It supports popular ebook file formats like PDF, Mobi, and Epub. It also supports comic book formats like CBR, CBZ, and CBT.
Stack Overflow Blog·4yMeasurable and meaningful skill levels for developers
The Skill Matrix is a structured, structured framework of coding and non-coding characteristics of software engineers. It can be administered by engineers, their peers, or their instructor or instructor. There are five levels of Developer Skill Matrix: Beginner, Advanced, Intermediate, Advanced and Expert. It includes skill levels for languages and frameworks, including data structures, style and semantics, and other general skills.
DZone·4yThe Best Infrastructure as Code Tools for 2022
IaC allows administrators to automatically provisioning IT infrastructure and maintaining the infrastructure always at the desired state. It also allows developers to instantly deploy test environments to check out new features of apps while testers can run scripts on replicas of production environments. The code handles everything, every change is tracked and audited.
Java World·4y7 reasons Java is still great
The Java Community Process (JCP) is a venue for contribution and conflict resolution among people who care deeply about Java technology. Like JavaScript, Java evolved in tandem with the coding community as the web gained traction. Spring is perhaps the standard to which other meta-frameworks might aspire.
TechCrunch·4yOpen source developers urged to ditch GitHub following Copilot launch – TechCrunch
Software Freedom Conservancy has called on the open source community to ditch GitHub after quitting the code-hosting platform itself. The move comes a week after Microsoft-owned GitHub launched the commercial version of Copilot. Copilot is an AI-powered pair-programmer that suggests software developers by suggesting lines or functions as they type.
The Software House·4yStorybook JS – an open-source tool with tons of benefits
Storybook is an open-source tool for developing UI components in isolation. It supports all the popular frontend frameworks/libraries such as React, Vue and Angular. With Storybook, your entire team can collaborate on the development of the components in an app-like environment, minus all the business logic.
The New Stack·4yGitHub Copilot and Open Source: A Love Story That Won’t End Well?
GitHub’s recently commercialized offering of Copilot, which delivers AI-powered code composition/auto-completion, was built upon the sourcing of code from the millions of open source projects hosted in GitHub. The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) joined Free Software Foundation in a recommendation to cut ties with GitHub over the creation of GitHub Copilot.
Hacker News·4yWhat Comes After Git
Git was born from the collaboration problems in the Linux kernel. Nearly a decade later, new problems arose when Kubernetes (the operating system of the cloud) brought open-source collaboration to a new level. Will a new version control system (or something that solves similar problems) spring up?
Product Hunt·4yAmplify UI - Don't just prototype. Connect your UI to the cloud
Amplify UI is a collection of accessible, themeable, performant React components that can connect directly to the cloud. 40+ components can be customizable with design tokens. Build visually with Figma integration ⚡️ And more! Free Developer Tools, Amplify UI Launched in Open Source UX Design.
It's Foss·4ymassCode: A Free and Open-Source Code Snippet Manager
MassCode is a free and open-source code snippet manager for Linux. It supports a wide range of programming languages and includes Markdown support. You can organize the snippets of your code using folders, add tags, and more. It works well, with some limitations, like the ability to migrate nested folders from SnippetsLab to massCode.
TechCrunch·4yMedusa’s open source e-commerce tool for JavaScript developers aims to take on Shopify – TechCrunch
Medusa is a Danish e-commerce startup that provides an open source alternative to Shopify and WooCommerce. The company has raised $8 million in seed funding in a round co-led by LocalGlobe and Dawn Capital. Medusa has already amassed a community of 2,000 developers that started some 10,000 projects on the platform.
The Register·4yMicrosoft is a Linux and open source company
In 2001 then CEO Steve Ballmer declared: "Linux is a cancer" Microsoft sponsored SCO's copyright attack on Linux; claimed that Linux violated unnamed Microsoft patents. Bill Gates and Ballmer's Microsoft wanted to see Linux and open-source software (OSS) dead and buried.