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Remember when open source was fun?
For the creators of Drupal, Curl, and Fio, their projects didn’t seem like work. There might be a lesson for the rest of us
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Postman lends its API power to the COVID-19 fight
The API development platform provider has launched an API resource center for tapping COVID-19 data including testing location information throughout the U.S.
Eclipse Theia takes aim at Visual Studio Code
A platform for building desktop and web-based IDEs that run VS Code extensions, Theia is not yet available in an end-user version
Cassandra and DataStax: Reunited, and it feels so good
Past the ‘breakup,’ DataStax once again has an important role to play in the Apache Cassandra project
Git 2.26 fetches faster by default
Latest version of the open source software version control system uses the new fast network fetch protocol instead of the old slow one
9 offbeat databases worth a look
Plain old MySQL or MongoDB not doing the job? See if these unique offerings meet your needs
WTH? OSS knows how to WFH IRL
If distributed teams could build something as great as Linux, then perhaps working from home could work for you
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Containers march into the mainstream
After years of experimentation, enterprises are going all-in with containers and microservices, building and updating better apps at a faster clip than ever before
Open source companies are thriving in the cloud
It turns out open source didn’t need a different license or business model, but to get smarter about cloud computing
Open source should learn from Linux, not MySQL
When a single vendor owns an open source project, expect the community to look for alternatives
Making open source JavaScript pay
Money isn’t everything to the success of the most popular JavaScript frameworks. Or is it?
Continuous integration with Jenkins
Setup a continuous integration process to build and test a Java web app with Jenkins and JUnit
Snake bites: Beware malicious Python libraries
Malware posing as Python libraries is routinely showing up on PyPI, Python’s official package index
Machine learning for Java developers, Part 1: Algorithms for machine learning
Set up a machine learning algorithm and develop your first prediction function in Java, then get started with Weka.
The real number of open source developers
Are there really more than 40 million software developers on GitHub? Not even close
Review: Elasticsearch 7 soars with SQL, search optimizations
Across-the-board upgrade beefs up query capabilities, boosts cluster performance, and simplifies cluster configuration
Sun Microsystems founders celebrate legacy
At a recent Sun reunion, founders Scott McNealy and Bill Joy weigh in on machine learning, mobile, Facebook, and politics in tech
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