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Nick Penston // Fidelity Investments

Scaling standards and community in your organization

Learn how to implement open source community ideas to spread best practices.

Mike Gifford // CivicActions

Treat accessibility issues as bugs, not feature requests

Follow Drupal’s lead: Prioritize and systematically squash accessibility bugs.

THE README PODCAST // EPISODE 29

The open/closed equilibrium

Striking a balance between openness and control in open source projects, preserving the integrity of community insights, and how humor can transform communities.

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Coding accessibility: Disability as catalyst for creativity

Faced with accessibility barriers, developer Paul Chiou turns obstacles into innovative solutions.

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Open source is fueling the future of nuclear physics

This once secretive scientific field is embracing openness in a big way.

THE README PODCAST // EPISODE 25

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

How maximalism creeps into places where it doesn’t belong, finding mentors, following what energizes you, and the power of Ping Pong.

THE README PODCAST // EPISODE 24

Let the games begin

Getting real about VR, the role of open source in game dev, a new perspective on functional programming, and more

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What we can learn from vintage computing

Thanks to open source, nothing is ever obsolete.

THE README PODCAST // EPISODE 23

Cue the command line

The thrill of a blinking cursor, using the community as a mirror, managing a business on open source, and more.

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Marie Kondo your software stack with open source

Mindfully consider each choice—and remember that simple is not necessarily easy

Alexandra Sunderland // Fellow

The impact of culture on code

How to eliminate misunderstandings and create a stronger team from anywhere.

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Open source is democratizing video game development

The evolution and future of open source games and game development.

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Building the future of the command line

Open source developers are making the command line more friendly—and more powerful.

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Open Source is enabling the "Tech for Good" movement

There’s a growing global movement applying cutting edge open source projects to humanity’s thorniest problems.

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How open source software powers modern filmmaking

From editing to animation, open source is part of how movies get made.

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Glia uses open source and 3D printing to enable universal access to medical equipment

From conflict zones to COVID-19 shortages, Glia is bringing medical equipment to those who need it most.

Gina Häußge

A dev’s guide to open source software licensing

A crash course in licensing.

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You use more open source software than you think

It’s time to stop taking open source infrastructure for granted.

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React’s greatest power may lie in its open source ecosystem

React changed the way people build apps.

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How Global Forest Watch uses open source to fight deforestation

Global Forest Watch uses open source to turn satellite imagery into actionable insight to save forests.

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Open Source on Mars: Community powers NASA’s Ingenuity Helicopter

Developers around the world contribute to historic flight.

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How the open source community came together to fight COVID-19

As the pandemic raged, open source developers sprang into action to leverage data for the greater good.

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Black voices bring much needed context to our data-driven society

Black communities are working together to democratize data and make the field more inclusive.

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Veterans mobilize to help each other break into tech

Veterans face significant barriers to getting into tech. So they’re tapping their greatest resource: each other.

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Coding is usually seen as a solitary activity, but it’s actually the world’s largest community effort led by open source maintainers, contributors, and teams. These unsung heroes put in long hours to build software, fix issues, field questions, and manage communities.

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