Open Source

“You’re crazy if you don’t start in the cloud; you’re crazy if you stay on it.” Above is a quote from a16z last year, and they make a cogent case with cost. But as I mentioned in the article earlier this year — “Cloud is one of the most important…

Open Source is eating the world. But is it the best way to build products? — Some 15 years ago I had a falling out with an acquaintance of mine over a realization I had that Open Source is an absolutely terrible way to build products. When I shared this, I could immediately feel the atmosphere in the room darkening. I did say that I thought…

I’ve always struggled with the exact definition of digital twins. Like any trend, every company interprets it to fit its strategy and interests. So I feel that I must start with my definition of digital twin, to establish some common grounds. Digital Twin is a digital representation of a physical…

Finding new clients as a freelancer is hard. Learn how open-source can help you in that — and why it beats most other marketing strategies. Throughout the past few years, I published several open-source projects. Some became an overnight success, and some didn’t even get a single star on GitHub…

Scoutflo started with the mission of making commercial open source (COSS) mainstream. On 23rd May, 2023 — we launched our first product ‘Scoutflo Atlas’ on Product Hunt — an important milestone to make this happen. What is Scoutflo Atlas? Scoutflo Atlas is a marketplace platform built exclusively for featuring commercial open…

With the cost of a cup of Starbucks and two hours of your time, you can own your own trained open-source large-scale model. The model can be fine-tuned according to different training data directions to enhance various skills, such as medical, programming, stock trading, and love advice, making your large-scale…

Intro: Hacktoberfest, an annual celebration of open source, has become a global phenomenon, bringing together developers from around the world to contribute to open-source projects. In this post, I would like to share my personal Hacktoberfest experience, highlighting the lessons learned, the challenges faced, and the rewards reaped throughout this enriching…

The operational and legal side of open source software (OSS) projects are always boring to us programmers and end users in general. Which is why there is a lot misunderstanding on the expectations from the non-profit foundations which runs these OSS projects. Just like OSS licenses, the foundations which runs…

Hello folks, Being accepted as a contributor for Google Summer of Code (GSoC) can seem like an intimidating challenge at first glance. …