Sharpen your coding skills with this hands-on guide to command-line stacks. You’ll start with the classic Unix dc calculator, learn how Reverse Polish Notation (RPN) works, and discover why stacks... Read More The post Download the free starter guide to command-line stacks today … | Continue reading
Shivay Lamba, a developer evangelist at Couchbase, sat down with the All Things Open team to share insights on scaling AI with Kubernetes, fine-tuning large language models (LLMs), and the... Read More The post Smarter AI workflows: Fine-tuning, declarative ML, and Kubernetes in … | Continue reading
I regularly teach middle school students coding with Python using the turtle module. It’s a fun way to introduce programming while also exploring math topics like variability, recursion, and logic.... Read More The post VSCodium for middle school coding: A free, open source way … | Continue reading
AI coding assistants are evolving fast, but few go beyond code generation. In her lightning talk at All Things Open, Angie Jones from Block shares Goose, an open source AI... Read More The post Meet Goose: The open source AI agent built for developers appeared first on All Thing … | Continue reading
Did you know that most top-dollar marketing AI platforms are just fancy wrappers around open source code you can access for free? While marketing teams burn through budgets on proprietary tools,... Read More The post 3 open source alternatives to expensive AI marketing tools app … | Continue reading
Meeting a community’s needs and increasing adoption are the most common drivers for open source projects. Open source communities, especially those backed by a non-profit organization, don’t automatically think of... Read More The post 3 reasons compliance is driving open source … | Continue reading
Sheng Liang, CEO and Co-founder of Acorn Labs, sat down with the All Things Open team to share why democratizing AI matters, what agentic AI could mean for the future,... Read More The post How Acorn Labs is rethinking AI adoption with Obot appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
Inkscape is a powerful, open source vector graphics editor, ideally suited for creating scalable artwork such as logos, illustrations, and diagrams. Unlike raster-based programs, which work with pixels, vector graphics... Read More The post Getting started with Inkscape: The fre … | Continue reading
AI observability often lags behind innovation, and that gap can create big risks. In his lightning talk at All Things Open, Richard Shan from CTS shares why monitoring generative AI... Read More The post 3 key metrics for reliable LLM performance appeared first on All Things Ope … | Continue reading
Ever wondered how AI assistants like Claude actually communicate with external tools and services? While most tutorials focus on using pre-built SDKs and frameworks, this article takes a different approach—we’ll... Read More The post Deep dive into the Model Context Protocol app … | Continue reading
I don’t run Linux all the time. Sometimes, I like to run other operating systems too, like FreeDOS, an open source implementation of the classic DOS operating system. My quad-core... Read More The post How I run virtual machines with QEMU appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
Dr. Ruth Akintunde, Generative AI lead at SAS, sat down with the All Things Open team to share how she’s using artificial intelligence to improve health, security, and emotional well-being,... Read More The post Want to get into AI? Start with a real problem worth solving appear … | Continue reading
There was a time, not that long ago, when open source was a force to be reckoned with. Open source communities and foundations had the power, and the moral and... Read More The post The copyright crisis in AI that open source can’t ignore appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
AI is everywhere, shaping the systems and tools we use daily, but with that comes new risks we don’t always see coming. In her lightning talk at All Things Open,... Read More The post 7 practical steps to avoiding pitfalls in AI appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
In today’s digital landscape, organizations are drowning in data while simultaneously thirsting for insights. We have heard often-quoted statistics like, “Companies use less than 50% of their collected data for... Read More The post From data burden to business advantage: Buildin … | Continue reading
Over the past three decades in the technology industry, the way software is built has undergone significant changes. What began as a niche movement has grown into the default; open... Read More The post 4 ways your company can support open source right now appeared first on All T … | Continue reading
Gant LaBorde, a software developer with 25 years of experience, sat down with the All Things Open team to share how his journey into AI began, why prompt engineering is... Read More The post The secret skill every developer needs to succeed with AI today appeared first on All Thi … | Continue reading
Are you looking for a locally hosted, open source GPT that protects your privacy while letting you tap into the power of modern AI models? Then you should check out Jan.... Read More The post Getting started with Jan: A private, open source alternative to ChatGPT appeared first o … | Continue reading
Tired of combing through endless logs or scrambling during incidents? In his lightning talk at All Things Open AI 2025, Wade Moore from Observe Inc. shares how AI-driven tools like... Read More The post AI observability: From reactive troubleshooting to proactive insights appeare … | Continue reading
Earlier this month, the Python Software Foundation (PSF) announced it was pausing its grants program for the rest of 2025 after exhausting its annual budget by August. This decision was... Read More The post Python Software Foundation halts 2025 grant funding: What’s at stake for … | Continue reading
Steve Rao, senior council member in Morrisville, North Carolina, sat down with the All Things Open team to share how technology and community leadership shape his work, and why he... Read More The post Why local governments need an AI strategy and how open data paved the way appe … | Continue reading
Are you a scientist, developer, or just a tinkerer like me? Fascinated by the power of AI to generate and clone human voices for your projects? Then OpenAudio might be... Read More The post How I used Pinokio to run OpenAudio and clone a voice in seconds appeared first on All Thi … | Continue reading
Tired of losing track of your notes or searching through folders to find old PDFs? In his lightning talk at All Things Open, Ash Tewari from Applied Information Sciences shares... Read More The post Build your own private AI assistant with Bookshelf appeared first on All Things O … | Continue reading
Sharissa Holopainen’s path from aspiring actor to accomplished production manager reveals how embracing your unique niche and passion can transform obstacles into opportunities. Navigating the complexities of international film production... Read More The post From dropout to pro … | Continue reading
In the early days of personal computing, developers built software by hand from first principles because they had to. This series shares the story behind As-Easy-As, the spreadsheet built from... Read More The post Optimizing for the edge: Lessons from DOS, Turbo Pascal, and hard … | Continue reading
In the early days of personal computing, developers built software by hand from first principles because they had to. This series shares the story behind As-Easy-As, the spreadsheet built from... Read More The post Inside the shareware era: Features, bugs, and programming in DOS … | Continue reading
Jessica Garson, senior developer advocate at Elastic, joined the All Things Open team for a wide-ranging conversation that spanned everything from Python and open telemetry to audio-reactive visuals and DIY... Read More The post Observability is confusing, here’s how to learn it … | Continue reading
Looking for a way to experiment with AI tools without being a developer or experienced coder? Then Pinokio might be just what the doctor ordered. Even better, it runs on... Read More The post Tired of complex AI installs? Try Pinokio appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
Brandon Mathis, engineering lead at This Dot Labs, kicked off his lightning talk with a high-speed journey through computing history. From punch cards and patch panels to AI-powered coding assistants,... Read More The post Are we coding through a revolution or an evolution? appea … | Continue reading
When working with containers, one of the big security concerns is making sure the images you’re using are legit. You want to ensure they’re not tampered with and coming from... Read More The post Docker is retiring Content Trust – Here’s what that means for you appeared first on … | Continue reading
The open source movement has played a significant role throughout my 31 years in the IT industry. During my tenure as Atlantic.Net CEO, I have witnessed numerous significant technology breakthroughs.... Read More The post Why open source is critical for the continued advancement … | Continue reading
In the early days of personal computing, developers built software by hand from first principles because they had to. This series shares the story behind As-Easy-As, the spreadsheet built from... Read More The post Building As-Easy-As: A spreadsheet born out of scientific need ap … | Continue reading
Ben Heller, a consultant for transformational generative AI projects at Google Cloud, sat down with the All Things Open team to talk about how AI is reshaping what individuals and... Read More The post Build better with AI: Lessons from real-world GenAI projects appeared first on … | Continue reading
Way back in 1956, when I was ten years old, my parents took my brother and I to a drive-in movie theater to see the now classic, Forbidden Planet. I think... Read More The post 15 overlooked rules of AI before we call it intelligent appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
AI-powered assistants are everywhere, but most still hit roadblocks when it comes to fragmented enterprise data. In his lightning talk at All Things Open, Kevin Blanco from Appsmith shares a live... Read More The post What if your AI agent could actually help? appeared first on A … | Continue reading
Around 1 billion people in the world have a disability of some sort which impacts the way they access the online world and websites. Unfortunately, according to Ability Net, 1%... Read More The post 5 tips to get started on accessibility appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
In the early days of personal computing, we built software by hand from first principles because we had to. This series shares the story behind As-Easy-As, the spreadsheet we built... Read More The post The nuclear engineer who became a software founder appeared first on All Thin … | Continue reading
Bill Higgins, vice president of Watson Platform Engineering and Open Innovation at IBM, sat down with the All Things Open team to share why this is such a pivotal moment... Read More The post How developers can tap into the potential of open source AI appeared first on All Things … | Continue reading
Humans have used storytelling since the beginning of time to communicate effectively to engage. In our working world, communication between technical and non-technical teams is key to the success of... Read More The post 5 storytelling tips to boost collaboration appeared first o … | Continue reading
Zoe Steinkamp, a developer advocate at ClickHouse, sat down with the All Things Open team to discuss the advantages of open source databases, in particular, columnar ones. One of the... Read More The post Columnar vs row-based databases explained appeared first on All Things Open … | Continue reading
We were visiting one of our largest customers, a pioneer in quantum computing, when they gave us what might be the most bittersweet compliment I’ve ever heard. Gesturing toward a... Read More The post How modular systems turn disruption into opportunity appeared first on All Thin … | Continue reading
Darktable is a free, open source photography workflow application and raw developer specifically designed for photographers. Its primary strength is its ability to handle raw files, the digital equivalent of... Read More The post Getting started with Darktable: A powerful free, o … | Continue reading
Fran Hinkelmann, engineering manager at Google, sat down with the All Things Open team to share her perspective on the fast-moving world of AI and the tools she’s excited about right... Read More The post Getting started with AI on a budget: Tools you can use and what’s coming ne … | Continue reading
I like to use Markdown to write the first draft of anything. I find that when I write with Markdown, I can focus on what I’m writing and not what... Read More The post The AWK trick I use to count real words in Markdown appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading
Enterprise Java is evolving, infusing artificial intelligence (AI) into everyday workflows. Imagine a Jakarta EE application that understands user intent, holds conversations, and pulls insights from unstructured documents. With open... Read More The post Bring AI into your Jakar … | Continue reading
Most frameworks and CMS’s today come with their own recommended local development environments, each crafted with care to meet specific needs. But the moment you switch to a different stack,... Read More The post 26 tools, one local development environment appeared first on All T … | Continue reading
Patrick Mathieu, a Product Security Manager at DoorDash, recently launched a compelling blog series on SecurityAutopsy.com, zeroing in on a long-standing issue in vulnerability management: CVSS scores alone are not... Read More The post Beyond CVSS: A more practical approach to v … | Continue reading
Jon Reifschneider, director of the AI Master’s program at Duke University and CEO of Inquisite AI, sat down with the All Things Open team to share why the real progress... Read More The post AI agents are here—are your skills ready? appeared first on All Things Open. | Continue reading