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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.
Python virtualenv and venv dos and don’ts
Python virtual environments shine for keeping projects and conflicting packages separate. Just keep these dos and don’ts in mind.
Red Hat kicked off a tempest in a teapot
The biggest threats to Red Hat’s Linux market share will come from the companies that make it easiest for developers to do their jobs.
Rust language project revamps governance
Rust Leadership Council established in the wake of community complaints of governance shortcomings and a fork of the language to escape bureacracy.
3 great Git alternatives: Fossil, Mercurial, and Subversion
Git isn't the only open source version control system around. Here's what you need to know about three of its biggest competitors.
Happy 30th, FreeBSD! Why the FreeBSD open source project has endured
As FreeBSD marks three decades of success, we can thank open source freedom, a strong culture, a shared leadership model, modern development practices, and robust code that continues to evolve.
How Grafana made observability accessible
Now 10 years old, the open source passion project that made observability open and composable continues to simplify life for developers.
Automating CI/CD with GitHub Actions
Automating and streamlining the software development lifecycle through continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) is a cornerstone of software development today. One of the easiest tools for CI/CD is GitHub Actions, a...
Serverless is the future of PostgreSQL
To differentiate the many flavors of PostgreSQL, the few truly serverless offerings promise better engineering and faster development.
What is GitHub Actions? Automated CI/CD for GitHub
GitHub Actions is an automated CI/CD platform that integrates with GitHub to create seamless, versatile CI/CD pipelines. Here's how it works.
Yugabyte adds multiregion Kubernetes support to YugabyteDB 2.18
The new updates include a new intelligent performance advisor that optimizes indexes, queries, and schema for the self-managed, database-as-a-service Yugabyte Anywhere.
GitHub owns up to service issues, multiple outages
Over the past four months, GitHub has experienced 16 disruptions in its services, blog posts from the company showed.
