#open-source

How to change your life by starting the development of the OpenSource project
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Hi everyone! Probably you have already read my last article about creating an open source project and what advice I gave to newbies at the planning stage and starting work on the project.More than half a year has passed since the writing of the article and the original idea was reborn into something new. Initially, the basic idea was to create a gem for making administrative panels, which are already a pretty decent amount of, but as a result, having started work on the project, I radically changed its concept, put a team together and a large amount of feedback from different target audiences.What was doneI radically changed my priorities for the last 2 months, switched completely to the project because work for the third party gradually exhausted me and did not bring pleasure. A (...)

#open-source #programming #startup #web-development #bussiness

DevOps101 — First Steps on #terraform: Terraform + OpenStack + #ansible
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DevOps101 — First Steps on Terraform: Terraform + OpenStack + AnsibleI’m currently a teacher assistant ?‍?@ Técnico Lisboa, and I’m working closely with Dr. Professor Rui Cruz ?‍?at the It Infrastructure Management and Administration ?, a masters level course @ Técnico Lisboa.This #tutorial aims to provide you with an introduction to Terraform. Terraform will be leveraging the deployment an infrastructure on OpenStack. Ansible will provision the deployed machines. We will use Vagrant to manage the machine with Terraform and Ansible installed.In DevOps101 — Infrastructure as Code With Vagrant (LAMP Stack), I’ve introduced the Agile #devops movement. It aims to automate work and allow you to launch faster.If you are planning to start a business or side-project, something that you have to take into account is (...)

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Open Source Knowledge Base Software Vs #saas Solution
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by Jade Emmons at Document360Open source software is a huge industry with many active projects. As a result, companies are interested in finding out more about open source knowledge base software. Using the open source model is a popular way to leverage the abilities of the crowd to produce software.There are many definitions of “open source”, but here is one from opensource.com:The term “open source” refers to something people can modify and share because its design is publicly accessible.“Open” can refer to an absence of traditional hierarchical team structures, as well as a publicly accessible design.In the case of software development, open source tends to refer to the source code of the software in that users can directly access the code. This code may be hosted in a GitHub repository (...)

#knowledge-management #saas-tools #open-source #customer-service

An actionable checklist to being a #google Summer of Code student
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What to do before, during and after writing your project proposal.Google Summer of Code is a global program which encourages students to work on a programming project with open source organizations during their break from university. If you do not know much about it, take a few minutes to watch this video, and read the official FAQ.Oh! This looks interesting. Excited to get started?But wait, how exactly do you go about this…I hope the following checklist helps you find your way. Let’s get going.Get a Head StartStart early, start nowWait, it has a summer in its name. Why start now? Stop thinking it is too early to start. Your aim should be to get to know communities, explore the projects they work on and build a genuine relationship with the members. Your efforts might end up in you spending (...)

#code-newbie #open-source #gsoc #google-summer-of-code

eyeo, Adblocker plus and the future of #funding
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Some of the eyeo teamContent creators find ourselves in the midst of a quandary. Online content began available for free, and as the web grew we tried to find a way to pay the creators, and for many years that was #advertising.Like many things that initially seemed like a good idea, we took advertising too far, and now readers are bombarded with flying, swooshing, obnoxious attention-grabbing boxes coming from all angles.Naturally, those interested in privacy, battery life, or plain old peace and quiet reacted and started using tools to block advertising. So much so that it’s estimated that 30–40% of users now use some form of ad blocker.Blockers don’t solve the content creators initial problem: getting paid. Some are finding success in paywalls, membership programs, or donations, but many (...)

#open-source #micropayments #ad-blocking

IssueHunt Fest 2018: Make open source sustainable
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What is IssueHunt Fest?IssueHunt Fest is a month-long OSS sponsorship event that happens every year in April and December. IssueHunt Fest 2018 will be the first time commemorable event.At the event, IssueHunt collects funds from sponsors and distribute the funds to OSS projects listed on IssueHunt.Help us build sustainable open source community by participating IssueHunt Fest 2018!Date and time of the event:Starts: December 1, 2018 Ends: December 25, 2018The economics of open source.Open-source software is the essential infrastructure of the internet stack.OSS consumes developers’ creativity and labor. Developers’ unpaid labor build OSS.Before we build IssueHunt, we managed #open-source software Boostnote, a note-taking app for developers. The project got over 11k+ Github stars in two years, (...)

#issue-hunt #open-source-conference #open-source-event #programming

Automate pfSense with pfSsh.php
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pfSense has a completely redesigned user interface since several versions. All settings can be easily reached and adjusted with this interface. The freely configurable dashboard is also a fine thing. However, there is sometimes the case that you would like to make settings via an API or the command line. pfSense does not currently have an API, this will only be available in one of the upcoming versions. Until then you can use the pfSense developer shell, also called pfSsh.php.Accessing pfSsh.phpThe fastest way to get to the developer shell is to connect to pfSense via SSH or directly connect a screen to the firewall. If SSH is not yet activated, you can do this in the web interface under System → Advanced.It is better to forbid logging in with a password and only allow logging in with (...)

#tech #automation #linux #open-source #technology

20 useful tools for #open-source maintainers
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I summarized useful tools for open-source enthusiast.IssueHunt — Created by BoostIOIssueHunt is an issue-based bounty platform for open source projects.You can easily put a bounty on not only a bug but also on OSS feature requests. Collected funds will be distributed to the project owner:contributor=20%:80% (Owner can also customize the proportion).Submit your repositories to ▻https://issuehunt.io and get help from developers around the world right away.IssueHunt - Boost your issue and boost your happinessJenkins — Created by JenkinsJenkins is a CI (Continuous Integration) tool known for its high versatility. Unlike CircleCI (mentioned later in this list), it can be installed on a server.After Installation and Configuration is completed, you can use the web interface to do many useful (...)

#programming #software-development #open-source-tools #open-source-maintainers

A crash course on writing a better #readme
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In the wake of the Hacktoberfest we’ve seen a huge growth in open source contributions. The #open-source community has opened over 400 000 pull requests during October alone. That’s insane!I started looking into projects with large amounts of contributions. It got me thinking. A common pattern started appearing. They all have amazing readme.md files. I doubt it would have been easy to contribute otherwise. There may be a connection. I’d sure say there is!Let’s mention a few famous projects like React, Vue, freeCodeCamp, Sourcerer or Serverless. You can see their readme.md’s are a perfect blend of documentation, project overview, FAQ, and contribution steps. They mention the ecosystem, the community, and have visuals explaining the open source project itself.Because the open-source community (...)

#software-development #github #web-development

Everything You Didn’t Know About the Handshake Naming System — How this #blockchain Project Will…
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Everything You Didn’t Know About the Handshake Naming SystemHow this Blockchain Project Will Disintermediate the Keepers of the InternetThe project was conceived by the people who brought you Purse and Private Internet Access.Handshake, despite popular misconception, is not a blockchain project that seeks to decentralize existing #dns infrastructure in its entirety. That’d be biting off something much more than any #cryptocurrency-backed system could chew. Indeed, it is part of the reason why the predecessors of Handshake have not seen true adoption.According to the project paper,“The Handshake naming protocol differs from its predecessors in that it has no concept of namespacing or subdomains at the consensus layer. Its purpose is currently not to replace all of DNS, but to replace the root (...)

#technology #open-source

The harsh #economics of open source
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In the free market, the laws of supply and demand would suggest that the lower the price of something is, the easier it is to sell it — Based on this, you could infer that something which costs $0 and which delivers real value to its users would “fly off the shelves”.Unfortunately, this is rarely the case when it comes to open source #software. When applied to the software industry, the laws of supply and demand seem to break down in surprising ways.One unusual aspect of the industry is that the supply curve for software does not taper off as it gets closer to the $0 price point; even at that point, there is still a lot of competition — Not only between different open source projects but also between ‘free’ (ad-supported) software services.What is most surprising about the software industry (...)

#open-source-economics #open-source #economics-of-open-source

From Zero to #graphql Subscriptions
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In this blog post, I’ll cover the theory, implementation, and challenges of building GraphQL Subscriptions from scratch.In case you are unfamiliar with GraphQL, here’s a primer: GraphQL is a query language for APIs and a runtime for fulfilling those queries with your existing data. GraphQL was open-sourced in 2015, and the subscription operation (added to the spec in 2017) allows you to subscribe to real-time data in GraphQL. GraphQL Subscriptions power a number of features on Facebook, including live comments and streaming reactions on live videos. If you’d like a more thorough overview GraphQL, check out graphql.org. Imagine we are building an email client with two basic features:When the user starts the application, fetch and display all emails in the inbox. For each email, display (...)

#javascript #open-source #api #graphql-subscriptions

#hxfactory, a library to create and run #hystrix commands with simplicity
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▻https://medium.com/media/69ce9d0d24c6ef091b91fa0fa38b4043/hrefHxFactory, a library to create and run Hystrix commands with simplicity was originally published in Hacker Noon on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.

#open-source #hystrix-commands #java

Leaving Apple and Google: /e/ is the symbol for “my data is MY data”
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As some of you will have already noticed, the project has moved to a new web location, and the project is now known as the “my data is MY data” symbol:Why such a move?The “eelo” trademark we have been using so far has been filed by myself in the EU and in the USA. However, some companies have filed opposition to its registration, because they claim that there exists a likelihood of confusion between their prio similar marks and “eelo”.In some cases, we could arrange a coexistence agreement, by reducing the scope of our goods and services, that was somewhat too broad. For instance, it’s clear that our project is not about producing energy or developing human-resource management software.But one company that opposed our registration in the EU has refused to even discuss a peaceful coexistence (...)

#android #freedom #open-source #privacy

Building general purpose #blockchain
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towards blockchain solution for any micro service ecosystemsAs I have spent some time playing and working with blockchain solutions, at some point I decided to try and build general purpose blockchain system myself. So, to go beyond “your first blockchain” tutorial. I wanted to do it as an experiment, for purely academic purposes and see what comes out of it. Here is the idea behind it and general overview of what came out of my time spent on analyzing, designing and building product like this…The idea is to understand what is needed to create blockchain that can be supplementary component for your backend — a service that plays nicely with your multi / micro service backend setup and provides blockchain functionality.If built properly this can be generally useful to anyone wanting to remove (...)

#blockchain-technology #purpose-blockchain #microservices #open-source

Open Source Timeseries #database — 9 Mostly Asked Questions Answered
▻https://hackernoon.com/open-source-timeseries-database-9-mostly-asked-questions-answered-7edabb

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Photo by William Stitt on UnsplashOpensourced Financial Timeseries Database MattersI have posted three articles:1) MarketStore, the financial time series database, is now open source2) How to Setup Bitcoin Historical Price Data for Algo Trading in Five Minutes3) 50x Faster Bitcoin Price Data Powered by MarketStore for AI TradingEach of these articles seeks to explain the technology we build along with our Alpaca algo trading brokerage. These articles generated a lot of great comments and questions on Reddit and Medium, and it became clear to us that there is a lot of interest and a pretty large need in the community for a timeseries database dedicated for financial market data. The database world and software engineering in general have changed so much over the last decade as we’ve seen an (...)

#open-source-database #big-data #open-source #timeseries-database

The pioneer’s guide to #gx — decentralized dependency management on IPFS
▻https://hackernoon.com/the-pioneers-guide-to-gx-decentralized-dependency-management-on-ipfs-900

Decentralized package management is an exciting area of tool development for today’s developers. Decentralized package managers have the potential to remove centralized points of failure from the interconnected network of modern software libraries. They give development teams a straight-forward way to ensure their internal networks of code are always available, while at the same time ensuring redundancy across the entire Internet. Decentralized package managers can make our code, one of modern society’s most valuable outputs, more resistant to tampering, censorship, and manipulation.That said, decentralized package management is still incomplete. There are many issues to sort out when publishing our code into networks built around an immutability of digital information where unlimited (...)

#guide-to-gx #golang #open-source #javascript

#gitcoin: Open Source Bounties-Interview & Platform Explanation with Co-Founder Vivek
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▻https://medium.com/media/e25013f03cd602c344c9100151a3a37f/hrefGitcoin is the easiest way to leverage the open source community to incentivize or monetize work.Gitcoin is a double sided marketplace that matches employers with talent. Using Gitcoin, employers can find talented individuals to work on their problems and incentivize them to help grow their projects with bounties.Using Gitcoin, talent can find work at the intersection of #blockchain and OSS. They can find a community that cares about building (not speculation) and build relationships and products that positively impact their ability to find work in the blockchain space.Things discussed in this episode:What is Gitcoin in brief?How did Gitcoin project begin and how did you get involved with itCurrent situation of funding of open (...)

#open-source-bounties #founders #founder-interview

#microsoft Buys #github : What Next ?
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On June 4, 2018, Microsoft confirmed that it is going to buy GitHub, the world’s leading platform for hosting open source projects. The acquisition news sent cold chills across the developer community, with many expressing disquiet at the infringement of the corporate company on open source affairs.So, what is the future of GitHub? Will Microsoft uphold the platform’s core values? Is this the beginning of the end of GitHub?GitHub’s woesSince its establishment in 2008, GitHub has grown to be the biggest host of source code in the world. The website has more than 28 million users and 85 million code repositories pushed by developers in almost every country.Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, and other big technology companies depend on GitHub for collaboration and creating software. In fact, (...)

#open-source #microsoft-buys-github #github-microsoft

Leaving Apple & Google: a global #eelo development status
▻https://hackernoon.com/leaving-apple-google-a-global-eelo-development-status-1ee11bf80d06?sourc

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Last year, I decided to leave Apple & Google: I want to free myself from the smartphone duopole, I want to regain control over my data #privacy, I want to protect my freedom.At first, I thought I would just fork Android, add a better design, remove any Google stuff, select a few privacy-compliant web services and add them to the system.A little more than 6 months later, I realize that we’re building something really, really bigger than I had expected. This is made possible by the tremendous support I’m getting from many people around the world, and by a growing community of eelo contributors…[Note: this is a long read, if you don’t have time you can watch the full demo video at the end of this article]We’re in low budget mode, but things are going quite fast. And the main project’s (...)

#leaving-apple #open-source #freedom

7 Different Ways to Use ES #modules Today!
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ES Modules are the future of #javascript, but unlike many other es@next features that developers have raced to take advantage of mainly thanks to build tools like babel, working with ES modules alongside of existing NPM modules is a lot harder to get started with.The purpose of this tutorial is to provide a thorough set of examples for different ways you can approach writing ES modules, without losing interop with the vast library of mostly commonjs modules that exist on NPM today.Before getting started, it’s important that you have a solid understanding of the differences between the ES module and CommonJS formats. If you haven’t already, please check out Gil Tayar’s excellent blog post before continuing.Native ES Modules in #nodejs: Status And Future Directions, Part IGoalsEvery approach (...)

#es6 #open-source

Be a Presidential #innovation Fellow
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Logo of the Presidential Innovation FellowsThe Presidential Innovation Fellows (PIFs) are awesome, and they are hiring.The Fellows are the vanguard of innovation within #government, specifically tasked with creating innovative solutions to huge problems within the US Federal Government. You spend a year in Washington D.C. as a part of a team of 15 to 25 other Fellows, each trying to guide the ship of state technologically and sometimes in policy — especially tech policy.Application is competitive, as is pay. You don’t have to have great credentials —but you do have to be an impact junkie. You have to be ready, willing and able to instigate change in huge bureaucracies that resist change. I believe the PIF leadership is devoted to recruited a diverse and gender-balanced class in 2018.The (...)

#open-source #presidential-innovation #agile

COMPUTER SCIENCE : EXPECTATION OF COMMUNITY VS REALITY
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A PICTURE BY IZ ZYComputer Science is a perfect career only if you are willing to work really hard in it. I have heard a lot a people who are trying for engineering are not interested in Computer Science. The main reason behind this they assume is that they do not have sufficient knowledge of Computer.In today’s world of digital information, everyone is busy offering customer services or their product at free or minimal rates which we can all afford. The social website like Facebook and searching platform like Google provides free of services. But what we do not know is that nobody in this world wants to work for free. Hence, they end up collecting information about the users and end them selling up to the third-party companies to make money. Even the NSA, USA keeps track of all the (...)

#computer-science #anonymous #open-source #privacy #contribution

Secure #npm
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Proof of Concept to ensure consistency between NPM packages and their source codeTL;DR;SNPM is a Proof of Concept built to ensure consistency between what is published on the NPM registry and its open source counterpart on public repositories, like Github.UnsplashAt the end of April, Node.js 10 was released and so NPM announced npm@6.One of the major feature introduced with version 6 is about #security: I’m talking about npm audit.This new command allows the user to perform an “assessment of package dependencies for security vulnerabilities helping the user to protect his package’s users from known vulnerabilities that could cause data loss, service outages, unauthorized access to sensitive information and so on”.That’s a huge improvement that NPM team has done for the entire (...)

#secure-npm #open-source #javascript

Deep Learning on Amazon EC2 Spot Instances Without the Agonizing Pain
▻https://hackernoon.com/deep-learning-on-amazon-ec2-spot-instances-without-the-agonizing-pain-4c

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In my previous article I briefly described SageMaker — generic Machine Learning service from Amazon, launched in November 2017. Although SageMakes is a great service, it may not suit everyone. At least it did not work for us due to the way it handles the data and, most importantly, due to its high pricing. So, we turned to #aws EC2 and its Spot Instances.First I am going to explain what Spot Instances are, how to use them for Deep Learning, and what does it take. Then I will introduce a tool that attempts to automate routine tasks associated with Spot Instances and hopefully makes the overall experience more pleasant. I am the author of the tool, so any feedback is very welcome.I assume that you are familiar with AWS in general and EC2 service in particular. If not, please, take a look at (...)

#open-source #amazon-ec2 #deep-learning #amazon-ec2-spot-instances