My Takeaways After Attending Google Summer of Code 2019
This summer, my proposal got selected by Open Source Robotics Foundation for Google Summer of Code 2019. It was an awesome learning experience! Read the full story Read more
Tagged: open-source
Open Source is Broken
The Open Source movement, as championed by the OSI, prizes absolute openness above all other concerns. Openness, they claim, is an absolute good, from which all other virtues flow, not to be questioned or...
The Best Way to Search for Free Software Online
Props to Lifehacker’s own Nick Douglas for stumbling across this one—something I’ve always known, but didn’t realize I should articulate to the world. Here’s the tiny hack, as discussed on Reddit a few days...
A Taxonomy for Open Source Software Companies: Governance and Commercialization
There is a lot of complexity in the world of open source, yet there is also surprising commonality among governance approaches and commercialization strategies Read the full story Read more
Install NES Emulators and Alternative iOS Apps With AltStore
As someone who uses Android as their primary mobile OS, I tend to focus on alternative apps/service to Google’s products, but that doesn’t mean I don’t also enjoy the third-party replacements for Apple’s apps...
The world needs an alternative to Selenium – so we built one
[Disclaimer – the thoughts in this post are mine alone and the “we” in the title refers to an open-source project where I happen to be the lead developer.] Read the full story Read...
The Day we Started to Protect DevOps with Blockchain
I still remember February 2018 very well. Many people were in a really bad mood when it came to Blockchain or Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT), mainly because the price of most cryptocurrencies made a...
A Step-by-Step Guide to Migrating a Project from ASP.NET MVC to ASP.NET Core
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Fixed point math in Solidity
It always seems impossible until it’s done. — Nelson Mandela Read the full story Read more
How I Built a Missing GitHub Feature using GitHub itself
After the Microsoft acquisition, GitHub has been on a roller coaster ride. It has been winning the developer community’s affinity by launching a series of offerings, one after another, starting from the free private...
A Simple Mistake That Costs Engineers Time and Money
This expensive trap is easily avoided by approaching problems from the right mindset. Read the full story Read more
Ironic Development: The Internet is Broken. Here’s Why.
This is a response to a recent article: “How do we fix the Internet?” Read the full story Read more
