Upstreaming can improve your code, simplify development, and lighten your maintenance burden. Follow these best practices when donating code and reap the benefits. Code commonly flows downstream, from ...

When I started my journey in technology, conducting research and development on the mobile internet at Motorola and 3Com, I worked on open-source software in my free time. In 2017, when I founded ...

I still remember the first time a notification popped on my screen informing me that TDengine, my open-source project, was ranked first on GitHub Trending. I was excited, hardly able to believe that a ...

For the longest time, open-source was nothing more than a buzzword rattling around the brains of technologists and fans of the Linux operating system. Flash forward a decade or so and open-source has ...

There are pros and cons to purchasing off-the-shelf tools versus building your tech in-house. No matter which option you ...

The world has come to rely upon the free work of millions of skilled software developers—the maintainers of free open-source software (FOSS) projects. But the world hasn’t given them a tip. While it’s ...

Open-source protocols have become a mainstay in the tech world and are gaining traction due to the myriad benefits that they offer over their proprietary counterparts. The protocols are typically ...

Remember when “sharing is caring” meant splitting a bag of chips? Today, it’s the engine behind everything from streaming your favorite shows to fighting climate change. The digital world has changed ...

Open source code has helped steer us through many technological changes and is still the backbone of a surprising amount of modern connectivity. The increasing move to the cloud though could ...

Greater access to the code behind generative models is fueling innovation. But if top companies get spooked, they could close up shop. Last week a leaked memo reported to have been written by Luke ...

Many suspect the Chinese state has forced Gitee, the Chinese competitor to GitHub, to censor open-source code in a move developers worry could obstruct innovation. On May 18, thousands of software ...

You'd think artificial intelligence (AI) is a boon for developers. After all, a recent Google survey found that 75% of programmers rely on AI. On the other hand, almost 40% report having "little or no ...