DEV Community

Open Source

May The Source Be With You! Articles about Open Source and Free Software as a philosophy, and its application to software development and project management.

Posts

👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.
I Built a Better Codex Pet Than OpenAI Did

Linux desktop pet vs OpenAI's official release

I Built a Better Codex Pet Than OpenAI Did

26
Comments 6
5 min read
How I built deferred tool discovery for my desktop AI assistant (no embeddings needed)

How I built deferred tool discovery for my desktop AI assistant (no embeddings needed)

2
Comments 1
4 min read
Okay, I've been sitting on this post for a while and I'm finally writing it. 😄

Okay, I've been sitting on this post for a while and I'm finally writing it. 😄

2
Comments
5 min read
I built an async, self-improving AI coding agent that never leaves my machine. Now it runs in my browser, on my phone, and learns from its own work.

I built an async, self-improving AI coding agent that never leaves my machine. Now it runs in my browser, on my phone, and learns from its own work.

1
Comments 2
5 min read
Behind EcoPrompt: How I modeled the hidden physical cost of AI prompts (Zero Telemetry)

Behind EcoPrompt: How I modeled the hidden physical cost of AI prompts (Zero Telemetry)

1
Comments 2
2 min read
How I built a cross-platform Wi-Fi auditor in Python with no monitor-mode setup

How I built a cross-platform Wi-Fi auditor in Python with no monitor-mode setup

Comments 1
3 min read
Mailcow vs Stalwart vs Mailu at 10,000 Mailboxes: What Holds Up in Production

Mailcow vs Stalwart vs Mailu at 10,000 Mailboxes: What Holds Up in Production

Comments 1
7 min read
Deny rules are not a boundary: building a policy hook for Claude Code and Codex

Deny rules are not a boundary: building a policy hook for Claude Code and Codex

Comments 1
5 min read
Article about how I actually build for Africa and why

Article about how I actually build for Africa and why

Comments 1
3 min read
Polly Introduces an Open Source Maintenance Fee

Explores a novel fee model to fund open source

Polly Introduces an Open Source Maintenance Fee

52
Picked as gem Comments 30
2 min read
A Failed CI Job Is Not Evidence That You Should Retry It

A Failed CI Job Is Not Evidence That You Should Retry It

1
Comments 3
2 min read
How to get access to DOM from Service Worker?

How to get access to DOM from Service Worker?

Comments
2 min read
I got tired of AI diagram slop, so I built an open-source AI diagram generator on Excalidraw

I got tired of AI diagram slop, so I built an open-source AI diagram generator on Excalidraw

2
Comments
7 min read
Open source is free. Operating it in production isn’t.

Open source is free. Operating it in production isn’t.

Comments 1
3 min read
The Engine Is Finally Becoming an Engine

The Engine Is Finally Becoming an Engine

2
Comments 1
4 min read
👋 Sign in for the ability to sort posts by relevant, latest, or top.