With Summer coming to a close I decided to take another surf on the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) wave and in short was not disappointed. Technically there are two flavors of WSL, WSL 1 and WSL 2. WSL 1 is a translation layer that takes Linux system calls and...
Happy 20th Rails!
As many of you might know Rails is now twenty years old; that's two years older than it needs to be to able to be executed by the state or sent to kill people on the other-side of the world in the US, but a year shy of ordering a Sam Adams or pack of Camels....
Open Source’s Funding Fiasco
I've been thinking a lot about how we as a community and industry can make sure open-source projects keep getting the love they deserve. It's no secret that the traditional funding model of donations and sponsorships is more than a little shaky. Coder Radio listeners...
FOSSGiving 2017
Long time readers of this blog and Coder Radio listeners may recall that for the last few Thanksgivings I’ve been writing up or covering on the show my list of open-source tools that I am thankful for that I feel will be significant in the year to come; if you’re...
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