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Router4j: A Free Alternative to Google Maps for Route and Distance Calculation

Router4j is a free and open-source tool for calculating routes and straight-line distances based on geographic coordinates — a free alternative to Google Maps.

January 14, 2025

by Thiago Nascimento

CORE

· 4,753 Views · 5 Likes

Buildpacks: An Open-Source Alternative to Chainguard

As the industry's need for secure container images is jumping, an OSS Docker alternative provides a solid foundation to solve that issue.

January 13, 2025

by Sylvain Kalache

· 9,033 Views · 3 Likes

From Prompt to Running Microservice: ServiceBricks Step-By-Step

Using ServiceBricks and this step-by-step guide, create modular microservices from scratch with artificial intelligence, source code generation, and a prompt.

December 24, 2024

by Danny Logsdon

· 5,488 Views · 4 Likes

Japan’s Next Step With Open-Source Software: Global Strategy

Japanese corporate strategy is now incorporating open-source software to extend Japan’s technical reach into new markets, traditionally a weakness.

December 2, 2024

by Jesse Casman

CORE

· 925 Views · 1 Like

How Open-Source BI Tools Are Transforming DevOps Pipelines

Learn how open-source BI tools transform and improve DevOps pipelines by enhancing data visibility, automation, and collaboration for streamlined workflows.

November 29, 2024

by Ayodele Johnson

· 2,671 Views · 2 Likes

Why We Use FreeBSD Over Linux: A CTO’s Perspective

The CTO of E-Card discusses his open-source operating strategy, including the approach to large-scale workloads, ZFS storage, and security architecture.

November 26, 2024

by Rumen Palov

· 11,901 Views · 6 Likes

Golang: Is It a Memory Leak?

Figuring out where memory went in Go is tricky. This article explores lessons learned and how to pinpoint the exact allocations in a 3rd party library.

November 26, 2024

by Alexander Komyagin

· 2,906 Views · 7 Likes

Dust Actors and Large Language Models: An Application

Use Dust Java Actors to create a pipeline that automatically finds, reads, and extracts specific info from news articles based on your topic of interest.

November 25, 2024

by Alan Littleford

· 4,094 Views

Bonsai Checklist: 5 Rules to Make Your Open-Source Project Popular

Discover the five essential rules to grow your open-source project like a bonsai — focused, balanced, thriving, and ready to inspire the community.

November 21, 2024

by Filipp Shcherbanich

CORE

· 676 Views · 2 Likes

Japan’s Evolving Open-Source Culture: A Rapid Change in Traditional Companies Like Hitachi

Japanese companies are gradually beginning to incorporate open-source software into corporate strategies, moving beyond just mere software contributions.

November 20, 2024

by Jesse Casman

CORE

· 2,990 Views · 6 Likes

How to Get There: Bridging the Technology Gap Preventing You From Adopting a Secrets-Free Machine Identity Framework

Learn how to go from a world of secrets sprawl and into a future with secrets-free machine identity frameworks by adopting SPIFFE/SPIRE

November 13, 2024

by Dwayne McDaniel

· 1,538 Views

iRODS: An Open-Source Approach to Data Management in Large-Scale Research Environments

Discover iRODS, the open-source data management platform revolutionizing how enterprises handle large-scale datasets with policy-based automation and federation.

November 12, 2024

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 1,177 Views · 1 Like

The Great Comeback of PHP: Uncovering the Reasons for Its Newfound Popularity

Is PHP back for real? Well, one thing's for sure — it refuses to die. Let's dive in and discover why it is the top choice for web development today.

November 11, 2024

by Sergey Laptick

· 634 Views · 1 Like

Open-Source AI Tools for More Efficient Development

Explore the best free and open-source AI tools to supercharge your development workflow from code generation and bug detection to machine learning integration.

November 11, 2024

by Santhosh Vijayabaskar

CORE

· 3,453 Views · 5 Likes

How to Access Remote Desktops Using Apache Guacamole

This article is intended for readers who want to create a custom Guacamole Client using guacamole-common-js and establish connections to their remote servers.

November 11, 2024

by Gokul Ramakrishnan

· 5,006 Views · 9 Likes

Making Sense of Open-Source Vulnerability Databases: NVD, OSV, and More

Explore this essential reading for devs and security professionals alike: a comprehensive comparison of vulnerability databases to help cut through the noise.

November 6, 2024

by C.J. May

· 800 Views · 1 Like

Multimodal RAG Is Not Scary, Ghosts Are Scary

Run ghastly multimodal analytics and Retrieval Augmented Generation with our "ghosts" collections in the open-source Milvus vector database.

October 30, 2024

by Tim Spann

CORE

· 4,124 Views · 3 Likes

Dust: Open-Source Actors for Java

Dust integrates a robust Actor system with Java virtual threads. This paradigm removes common problems associated with massively multi-threaded applications.

October 21, 2024

by Alan Littleford

· 9,089 Views · 5 Likes

Cloud Cost Optimization: New Strategies for the AI Era

Explore new strategies for cloud cost optimization in the AI era, featuring insights from Stacklet CTO Kapil Thangavelu on FinOps, open source, and automation.

October 8, 2024

by Tom Smith

CORE

· 5,926 Views · 1 Like

Augmenting the Client With Alpine.js

This post, dedicated to Alpine.js, is part of a series comparing different ways to implement asynchronous requests on the client.

October 4, 2024

by Nicolas Fränkel

CORE

· 6,459 Views · 1 Like

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