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Attached: 1 image Trying to figure out if this is satire. #opensource #programming

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Open source contributors and maintainers play a vital role in the technology ecosystem. But what's it like to develop and maintain an open source tool — especially one that thousands of other developers use and depend on? In this episode of the Technology Podcast, Srinivasan Sekar and Sai Krishna join hosts Rebecca Parsons and Scott Shaw to discuss their work on AppiumTestDistribution, an open source tool that supports test automation framework Appium. AppiumTestDistribution won a LambdaTest Delta Award at the August 2023 Testμ Conference. Listen to Sekar and Krishna explain how the project emerged, how they approach maintaining and evolving the tool and what it takes to be a part of an award-winning open source project.
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In today’s episode, the conversation dives deep into the Linux Foundation Research Open Source Maintainers Report. Georg, Alyssa, Dawn, Sophia, and Anita engage in a thoughtful discussion about the report's methodology, findings, and implications for open source projects. They explore topics such as the challenges of obtaining a representative sample in open source research, the bias toward technical contributors, and the importance of considering the long-term engagement lifecycle of contributors. Additionally, they touch upon the report's best practices, including documentation and diversity, and how these practices can be connected across different categories. Download this episode now to learn more!

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Attached: 1 image Exciting news! 🚀 The CFP for #SOOCon24 kicks off TOMORROW, and guess what? We've got an Open Source Software Track! If you're passionate about open-source software, we're eager to hear your ideas. Get ready to submit your proposals! 🌐 https://stateofopencon.com

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Just got notice that RIPE NCC will not be funding the #SmallWeb. Not surprising, since we haven’t had a single successful funding application and I’m done wasting my time with this crap. small-web.org will launch as a commercial service (host your own Small Web place for ~€10/mo) and hopefully that will make Small Technology Foundation sustainable. Since everything we do is free and open, others will also be able to host Small Web places. Also, you can fund us directly: https://small-tech.org/fund-us
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I talk to Jonathan Hall about all things DevOps from small companies to large companies and where the customer fits in the often technical story of our code development and deployment. How do you bring junior devs up to speed responsibly? How do we as an industry think of DevOps tooling and how much is… Read More »Interview with Jonathan Hall – Talking DevOps, Go and Continuous Delivery in Reverse

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I cannot describe the intense visceral rage that envelops me when someone would rather waste my time with a meeting than simply writing something down. Fucking energy vampires.
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People go to Stack Overflow because the docs and error messages are garbage. TLDR exists because the docs and error messages are garbage. People ask ChatGPT for help because the docs and error messages are garbage. We are going to lose a generation of competence and turn programming into call-and-response glyph-engine supplicancy because we let a personality cult that formed around the PDP-11 in the 1970s convince us that it was pure and good that docs and error messages are garbage.
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Attached: 1 image If you open "medium" , it looks like a shit page. Don't post there, it's a non-public page:

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Jon Calhoun creates interactive Go courses for developers looking to learn the language through curated projects specially made to construct a sound foundation of understanding. In this episode Jon takes us through his exciting journey from ...
🎶 YES - Fox Stevenson Remix is such a bop
So after 14 hours and at least one time it's restarted from scratch, I still haven't had the new #ApexLegends season patch install 😡
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Attached: 1 image Be sure to check your kid's candy this year! I found a "be sure to check your kid's candy this year" meme in a chocolate bar

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You know what’s cooler than setting off fireworks? Not setting off fireworks. Shut the fuck up
Excited to have released oapi-codegen v2 🚀 A considerable improvement on our dependency tree, reducing the overall size of dependencies by 84%
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There are multiple definitions of “witch” across cultures over time. But on #Halloween, this a spooky reminder that throughout history, a witch often meant a woman with opinions and an independent life persecuted by the patriarchy for not fitting in.
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there are many reasons I personally use mostly FOSS but honestly a big part of it is just on the one hand there's software that doesn't have the feature because nobody's gotten around to implementing it yet and on the other hand there's software that doesn't have the feature anymore because someone intentionally decided to break it and coming into contact with the second one makes me feel super shitty!
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Attached: 1 image This line change in the google-chrome AUR repo is 💯 percent based.

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Attached: 1 image A discussion at work about HTTP status codes reminded me of this gem. https://twitter.com/thecrunsher/status/1111258419087007745

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dependency-management-data now supports OSS Review Toolkit (ORT) (1 mins read).

How to use data from OSS Review Toolkit (ORT) with dependency-management-data.
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Thomas talks about OSS Review Toolkit and the three important aspects of open-source software. Josep shares the importance of diversity in open-source projects, and the Plankton program at Aiven for people who want to do contributions in their free time.

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Bumping this once more, I'm open to work (software engineering)! Both FTE or contract. Remote-friendly, I'm US-based. Rates, work history and more info at https://jacky.wtf/work #FediHire #GetFediHired #jobs (https://jacky.wtf/2023/10/wyr0)
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Daniel and Manton talk about The Verge article on POSSE, which mentions Micro.blog and includes quotes from Manton. They discuss the value of speaking to press to get your message out, and the increasing appeal of cross-posting to multiple social networks. Then they wrap up with testing SupportAgent.ai and the trend of personal automation tools — using computer assistance to create products that are more humane than they might have been otherwise.

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Ty Franck (one half of James S.A. Corey) and Wes Chatham ('Amos Burton' on The Expanse) finish off Kill Bill Vol 1 & 2 in epic fashion and rank their favorite Quentin Tarantino films.

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If a company involved in the provision of food, energy, and related necessities of living increases or even maintains its profits during a time of increases in the cost of living, that company has by definition committed an immoral act.
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Dating someone with ADHD is like microdosing on Wikipedia
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Remember folks, if it doesn’t have an RSS feed, it’s not a blog, it’s just a sparkling personal website. 🌈 💫 #theMoreYouKnow
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Repeat after me: you’re not a burden because you need “reasonable” accommodations to function in your daily life.
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Ransomware: > I have installed an unlicensed copy of Oracle Database somewhere on your network. Give me five Bitcoins by the end of the week or I will inform Oracle's legal department.
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Attached: 1 image Protect your kids this Halloween

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Renovate documentation.
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If your customer service system is constantly experiencing "a higher volume of requests than normal" your normal is wrong and you're understaffed
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What idiot called it "spiraling" or "obsessive thinking" instead of "riding the unhappy-go-round"???
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Open source is fundamentally about people. It's an important value to me to pay that forward and throw a few dollars when I can to these champions of our industry. I appreciate GitHub sponsorship & Open Collective for making it really easy to do so. In the corporate world, it's my belief that organizations have a duty as well to harness their vast resources and pay these same maintainers their dues since they benefit the most off that labour.
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Week Notes 23#43 (3 mins read).
What happened in the week of 2023-10-23?
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Attached: 1 image STOP DOING OFFICES

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Attached: 1 image Meanwhile, in Upper Toblerone, the trains are running on time.

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Richard delves into his evolving perspective on sustainability in open-source projects, advocating for a shift towards values such as human rights, joy, and mitigating harm.

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Thank you to this week's sponsor, Backend Banter!ProposalsAccepted: spec: add range over int, range over funcRange over int targeted for Go 1.22Range over func targeted for Go 1.22 behind the GOEXPERIMENT=rangefunc flagAccepted: go/version: package for handling Go version stringsAccepted: io/fs,...

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This week we’re taking you to the hallway track of All Things Open 2023 in Raleigh, NC. Today’s episode features: Matthew Sanabria (former Engineer at HashiCorp working on Terraform Enterprise), Nithya Ruff (Chief Open Source Officer and Head of the Open Source Program Office at Amazon) & Jordan Harband (Open Sourc...

Getting Go modules to work with nested GitLab groups (3 mins read).

How to get Go modules to work with nested groups in GitLab for public or private repos.
Performing a v2 release of a Go module (1 mins read).

How to prepare your Go module for its first breaking change release.
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The ADHD experience is having a growing collection of empty notebooks, pristine water bottles, and untouched to-do apps, each one a monument to good intentions.
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All the stuff in your house used to be money. And all that money used to be time.