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16 votes
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DigitalOcean's Hacktoberfest hurts open-source maintainers by incentivizing low-quality, unsolicited pull requests
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Recommend a self-host, open source URL Shortener
At my day job at a non-for-profit, I direct the digital services and platforms (among other things). One thing that I've seen in my org. is the widespread use of the Bitly URL shortener (free...
At my day job at a non-for-profit, I direct the digital services and platforms (among other things). One thing that I've seen in my org. is the widespread use of the Bitly URL shortener (free plan/tier) for the sharing of our many online and offline campaigns. The myriad departments in the org. for the most part operate quite autonomously, though I can influence the use of digital platforms (at least the majority of the time). I'd like to get away from using Bitly. Would anyone kindly recommend alternatives to Bitly? Self-host and open source options would be preferred, but not required if the price is right (read: low enough for a non-profit).
I've used YOURLs many years ago, and it worked great; did everything that I needed and was straight-forward to install and use. (The only cost was a cheap $5/month Digital Ocean droplet, that I happened to run other things on too.) However, I have also heard of - but never used - the following other options:
So...Are any of the above worth considering (or avoiding)? Are there any other, perhaps better alternatives not listed here? I'd appreciate any suggestions and recommendations! Thanks in advanced!
4 votes -
Is there a website to propose/join open source groups?
I'm interested in working on an open source project from scratch with a group of like minded people and curious how to get something like that started. Does anyone know of any websites that...
I'm interested in working on an open source project from scratch with a group of like minded people and curious how to get something like that started. Does anyone know of any websites that facilitate that kind of thing? Like where people might propose an project and others can tentatively join?
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KeenWrite: A text editor
12 votes -
I want to contribute to your project, how do I start?
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Scrivenvar: Writing + Variables
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A new funding model for open source software
3 votes -
Onivim 2: First round of MIT commits have been released
12 votes -
The end of the Redis adventure
15 votes -
Free open source app to create GitHub issues faster
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I created a simple JS library for the Johns Hopkins University CSSE COVID-19 data
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new.css - a classless CSS framework to write modern websites using only HTML
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Scrivenvar: A text editor with built-in R functionality
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NHS publishes source code for UK contact tracing app
8 votes -
Variations on the Death of Python 2
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Desed: a debugger for sed
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Lilliputian: A Mobile Client for Tiny Tiny RSS
17 votes -
FreeBSD is an amazing operating system
19 votes -
A Sad Day For Rust
27 votes -
Andrew Gallant (burntsushi, author of ripgrep) discusses his personal history and relationship with Free and Open Source Software (FOSS)
18 votes -
MNT Reform open source, modular laptop crowdfunding campaign launches in February
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Introducing Microsoft Application Inspector
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Google Chrome: Behind the Open Source Browser Project (2008)
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osxfuse is no longer open source
15 votes -
Google outlines plans for mainline Linux kernel support in Android
10 votes -
Minimal TOTP Generator in 20 lines of Python
7 votes -
Announcing GitHub Security Lab: securing the world’s code, together
5 votes -
GitHub's "The State of the Octoverse" report for 2019
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Surviving Software Dependencies
4 votes -
OpenBSD 6.6
10 votes -
In 2019, multiple open source companies have changed course and their licenses to try to protect their businesses—is it the right move?
10 votes -
The GGPO rollback networking SDK used in games like Skullgirls and Fantasy Strike is now available under the MIT license
7 votes -
Go Proposal Process: Representation
4 votes -
Fancy Zones, a tiling window manager from Microsoft
8 votes -
Which language would you pick to completely rewrite BSD, Linux, etc.?
It'd my understanding that C has stuck around in the UNIX world for so long, nearly half a century, mostly due to the inertia of legacy code. If you could snap your fingers and magically port/fork...
It'd my understanding that C has stuck around in the UNIX world for so long, nearly half a century, mostly due to the inertia of legacy code.
If you could snap your fingers and magically port/fork the entire stack of open source codebases to the language of your choice, which would you pick and why?
20 votes -
StandardJS, a Javacript linter config with 3 million downloads/month starts showing advertisements in users terminals
20 votes -
I finally open sourced something: Pliant, a flexible blog skeleton
https://gitlab.com/smoores/pliant I’ve been a software developer for about three years, and I’ve always been enticed by and passionate about the open source scene. I have an assortment of projects...
https://gitlab.com/smoores/pliant
I’ve been a software developer for about three years, and I’ve always been enticed by and passionate about the open source scene. I have an assortment of projects variously available on GitHub and GitLab, but this is the first time I’ve ever created an open source project intended to be used by others.
Pliant is a barebones starter kit for anyone wanting to self host their own blog. It came out of my own efforts to start a blog, and it’s what currently powers https://tfhe.shanemoore.me.
I’d love to hear you’re feedback, or just discuss open source, blogging, web technologies, or whatever else comes up.
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Linux Journal is ceasing publication, all staff laid off
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Onivim 2 pre-alpha is out!
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What is your least favourite window manager or desktop environment and why?
Can be something current or ancient, and if you've really got an axe to grind feel free to drag in Windows or macOS or other proprietary operating systems. Personally after using i3 for around...
Can be something current or ancient, and if you've really got an axe to grind feel free to drag in Windows or macOS or other proprietary operating systems.
Personally after using i3 for around half a decade now (though I switched to sway about a year ago) everything else I try just seems to add friction.
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Ludwig: Uber open sourced a config-based deep learning tool
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Microsoft releases source for the version of the Linux kernel used in WSL2
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MacOS Folks -- chunkwm is dead, yabai is the future (same dev, too!)
tldr; chunkwm has been completely rewritten and is now yabai From the chunkwm site: chunkwm is no longer in development because of a C99 re-write, yabai. yabai was originally supposed to be the...
tldr; chunkwm has been completely rewritten and is now yabai
From the chunkwm site:
chunkwm is no longer in development because of a C99 re-write, yabai.
yabai was originally supposed to be the first RC version of chunkwm. However due to major architectural changes, supported systems, and changes to functionality, it is being released separately. There are multiple reasons behind these changes, based on the experience I've gained through experimenting with, designing, and using both kwm and chunkwm. Some of these changes are performance related while other changes have been made to keep the user experience simple and more complete, attempts to achieve a seamless integration with the operating system (when possible), proper error reporting, and yet still keep the property of being customizable.
For those who don't know, chunkwm was / is a tiling windows manager that is sort of like bspwm / i3 etc. I've been using chunkwm for a few months now and love it. If you're also an i3 user, the lack of a proper super key does make your key combos different, but overall its an excellent window manager. Both chunkwm and yabai use koekeishiya's Simple Hotkey Daemon (skhd).
Anyway, I gave the new version the day and its pretty good, but still has some quirks. It seems like development is moving along quickly, so keep an eye on it.
8 votes -
Source Code for Libra: Facebook's Cryptocurrency
8 votes -
Blender is Free Software
16 votes -
Salsify: Better real-time video
7 votes -
Why We’re Relicensing CockroachDB
12 votes -
Go is Google's language, not ours
15 votes -
The struggles of an open source maintainer
10 votes