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3 big steps toward building authentic developer communities

lhawthorn — Wed, 18 Jul 2018 06:45:00 +0000

3 big steps toward building authentic developer communities lhawthorn Wed, 07/18/2018 - 02:45

How do you build community while also meeting the needs of an organization? These three steps can help.

As more software businesses are selling open source products, we've seen a corresponding rise in the emphasis of building out developer communities around these products as a…

How to make a career move from proprietary to open source technology

psargent — Tue, 03 Jul 2018 07:01:00 +0000

How to make a career move from proprietary to open source technology psargent Tue, 07/03/2018 - 03:01

Learn a few tips for moving into a new technical culture.

I started my journey as a software engineer at Northern Telecom, where I developed proprietary software for carrier-grade telephone switches. Although I learned Pascal while…

GalecinoCar: A Java-based self-driving vehicle

rvanderwerf — Thu, 28 Jun 2018 07:01:00 +0000

GalecinoCar: A Java-based self-driving vehicle rvanderwerf Thu, 06/28/2018 - 03:01

Hobbyists create an autonomous robotic car using Java, Raspberry Pi, machine learning, microservices, and more.

We are your typical geeks… always looking for a new hobby project to keep our skills sharp, pass time, and hopefully one day create a project that will make us rich. OK, the…

Facebook partners on open source AI development tools ONNX and PyTorch 1.0

slbird — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:03:00 +0000

Facebook partners on open source AI development tools ONNX and PyTorch 1.0 slbird Wed, 06/27/2018 - 03:03

Learn about these open source tools to accelerate artificial intelligence development and interoperability.

Facebook and its partners in the artificial intelligence (AI) community are building open source tools to accelerate AI development and make the ecosystem more interoperable…

4 ways Flutter makes mobile app development delightful

fortuna — Wed, 27 Jun 2018 07:02:00 +0000

4 ways Flutter makes mobile app development delightful fortuna Wed, 06/27/2018 - 03:02

Open source mobile SDK simplifies and speeds iOS and Android app development.

I'm going to let you in on a secret: For years I hated mobile development. I wanted to like it—mobile was the future! It was cool! It was low-power! It was a way to connect…

Better API testing with the OpenAPI Specification

tbarn — Tue, 12 Jun 2018 07:02:00 +0000

Better API testing with the OpenAPI Specification tbarn Tue, 06/12/2018 - 03:02

Contract testing with the OpenAPI Specification assists in creating an accurate API implementation.

If you search the internet for "unexpected API behavior," you'll soon discover that no one likes when an API doesn't work as anticipated. When you consider the increasing…

Using MQTT to send and receive data for your next project

sdague — Thu, 07 Jun 2018 07:02:00 +0000

Using MQTT to send and receive data for your next project sdague Thu, 06/07/2018 - 03:02

From open data to open event streams, learn more about the MQTT publish/subscribe (pubsub) wire protocol.

Last November we bought an electric car, and it raised an interesting question: When should we charge it? I was concerned about having the lowest emissions for the electricity…

You don't know Bash: An introduction to Bash arrays

robert.aboukhalil — Thu, 31 May 2018 07:02:00 +0000

You don't know Bash: An introduction to Bash arrays robert.aboukhalil Thu, 05/31/2018 - 03:02

Enter the weird, wondrous world of Bash arrays.

Although software engineers regularly use the command line for many aspects of development, arrays are likely one of the more obscure features of the command line (although…

Introduction to the Pony programming language

seantallen — Wed, 30 May 2018 07:00:00 +0000

Introduction to the Pony programming language seantallen Wed, 05/30/2018 - 03:00

Pony, a sort of "Rust meets Erlang," makes it easier to develop fast, safe, efficient, and highly concurrent programs.

At Wallaroo Labs, where I'm the VP of engineering, we're are building a high-performance, distributed stream processor written in the Pony programming language. Most people…

5 steps to excellent documentation

ncbaratta — Mon, 22 May 2017 07:00:00 +0000

5 steps to excellent documentation ncbaratta Mon, 05/22/2017 - 03:00

A stepwise approach to documentation that hooks people, gets them up and running, and turns them into confident users.

Ben Hall from Katacoda and Ocelot Uproar gave an awesome talk at OSCON 2017 about another topic near and dear to my heart: documentation! This is a summary of his presentation…