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When open source cloud development doesn't play nice
In addition to integration and intellectual property challenges, companies may not have the technical expertise to customize or secure open source software.
Learning from Let’s Encrypt’s 10 years of success
Yes, having the support of a foundation helps, but more important is a solid technological solution to a recognized problem.
Developing ecosystem-ready APIs and applications
Ecosystem-ready is not just about robust engineering, security, and operational practices. Here's what your devops team needs to know.
10 Pythons for every programming need
Whether it's speed, memory safety, portability, a micro footprint, data tools, or something else, one of these Python distros probably has it.
Linux distros need to take more responsibility for security
Between the rapid release of open source software, and modern OSes preloaded with packages, enterprises are vulnerable to attacks they aren’t even aware of.
Microsoft’s F# refines loops in computation expressions
The while! keyword is geared for clarity and expressiveness and will appear in F# 8.
How Microsoft uses walkthroughs to guide open source development
Often the hardest part of contributing to an open source project is learning where to start. Microsoft has a cure for that.
A new way of thinking about open source sustainability
Go beyond paying developers to maintain the software your business depends on. Pay the companies that pay the developers and watch the whole ecosystem thrive.
Rethinking open source for AI
What are the license rights and restrictions for large language models? Do they cover weights and deep neural network architectures?
Follow the cloud money
Led by CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE, the new Open Enterprise Linux Association is likely to fail without at least one major cloud vendor on board.
What is LLVM? The power behind Swift, Rust, Clang, and more
LLVM is a compiler framework for programmatically generating machine-native code. Developers use it to roll out new languages and enhance existing ones.
HashiCorp’s software license turns realpolitik
The move to the Business Source License will allow HashiCorp to continue investing in its products and will force big vendors to become better partners, a win for all users.
Suse, Oracle, CIQ join forces to fuel RHEL-compatible Linux distros
The Open Enterprise Linux Association will provide the source code needed to create downstream distributions compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux, the companies announced.
The open source licensing war is over
It’s time for the open source Rambos to stop fighting and agree that developers care more about software’s access and ease of use than the purity of its license.
A new hope for software security
From package signing to SBOMs to new developer toolchains, the pieces for securing the software supply chain are starting to come together.
6 ways to find better content on Mastodon
The more you know about Mastodon networking, the better your search experience will be. Here's how to promote and find user content on Mastodon.
JFrog Curation blocks malicious open source software packages
DevSecOps system validates incoming software packages against JFrog’s security research library to establish a repository of trustworthy components for software developers to use.
