Open Source Resources for Engineers

Why GPT-OSS:20B Feels Painfully Slow (And How Quantization Can Save Your Sanity)

GPT-OSS:20B's MXFP4 quantization requires H100+ GPUs. Use GGUF quantized versions from Hugging Face for dramatically faster consumer hardware performance.

October 6, 2025

by Pavan Vemuri

CORE

· 6,536 Views · 5 Likes

Networking’s Open Source Era Is Just Getting Started

Open source is transforming networking from slow, standards-driven protocols into agile, programmable, Kubernetes-ready infrastructure.

September 26, 2025

by Nico Vibert

· 6,043 Views · 3 Likes

FOSDEM 2025 Recap: Open Source Contributors Unite to Collaborate and Help Advance Apache Software Projects

Apache Software Foundation participants shared observations from FOSDEM 25 to showcase some of the work that community members do for open-source software development.

September 18, 2025

by Brian Proffitt

· 1,691 Views

Benchmarking Open-Source LLMs: LLaMA vs Mistral vs Gemma — A Practical Guide for Developers Building Private Models

Open-source LLMs like LLaMA, Mistral, and Gemma are reshaping private AI. Learn their performance, architecture, and deployment to choose the right model.

September 15, 2025

by harshraj bhoite

· 7,957 Views · 1 Like

Why Architecture Matters: Structuring Modern Web Apps

A modern web architecture using React.js and .NET Core enables local governments to build scalable digital services for public-facing applications.

August 20, 2025

by Abhishek Kumar

· 5,782 Views · 7 Likes

Why I Abandoned My 30-Year Open-Source Project

In this article, I share how to use Program Enhanced Text (PET), and why I abandoned Jamal, which is an enterprise-grade open-source PET tool.

August 5, 2025

by Peter Verhas

CORE

· 2,533 Views · 3 Likes

Scalable Distributed Architectures in E-Commerce: Proven Case Studies

Learn how AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes designs achieve resilience, low latency, and massive scalability with real-world blueprints.

August 5, 2025

by Ravi Teja Thutari

CORE

· 4,847 Views · 3 Likes

A Complete Guide to Creating Vector Embeddings for Your Entire Codebase

Learn how to transform your codebase into semantic vector embeddings for better code search, AI integration, and enhanced developer productivity.

August 1, 2025

by Chetan Yeddula

· 9,334 Views · 1 Like

The Open Source Climate Stack: Essential GitHub Repos Powering the Decarbonization Movement

Discover essential GitHub repos powering decarbonization, from data analysis to modeling, and contribute to a sustainable future.

July 25, 2025

by Devin Partida

· 2,760 Views · 1 Like

Absolute Zero: How AI Is Learning Without Data

The Absolute Zero Reasoner diverges from traditional AI learning approaches by enabling AI to learn from scratch, without the need for pre-existing human-provided data.

July 24, 2025

by Tony Siciliani

· 2,431 Views

How We Broke the Monolith (and Kept Our Sanity): Lessons From Moving to Microservices

Moving from a monolith to microservices is messy but worth it — expect surprises, invest in automation, and focus on team culture as much as code.

July 3, 2025

by Shushyam Malige Sharanappa

· 3,962 Views · 4 Likes

The Bare Metal Bet That Made Our Multiplayer Platform Hum

Switching to a bare metal–based hybrid model cut costs and improved latency. It also eliminated cloud egress pain and avoided vendor lock-in.

June 9, 2025

by Harsh Pandey

· 3,188 Views · 2 Likes

ITBench, Part 1: Next-Gen Benchmarking for IT Automation Evaluation

Learn more about ITBench, an open framework to benchmark AI agents for IT automation, focusing on reliability, efficiency, and real-world IT scenarios.

May 28, 2025

by Anca Sailer

· 4,405 Views · 1 Like

Automatic Code Transformation With OpenRewrite

Learn how OpenRewrite enhances automated refactoring, improves code quality, and tackles maintenance challenges with real-world examples and benefits.

May 9, 2025

by Gangadhararamachary Ramadugu

· 5,329 Views · 1 Like

Mastering Fluent Bit: Installing Fluent Bit From Source (Part 1)

This intro to mastering Fluent Bit covers what Fluent Bit is, why source installs matter, and how to get it running locally in minutes.

April 17, 2025

by Eric D. Schabell

CORE

· 7,874 Views · 4 Likes

Introducing Neuron AI: Create Full-Featured AI Agents in PHP

A complete open-source toolkit for AI development in PHP. Create RAG systems to use the powerful capabilities of LLMs on your own private data.

April 14, 2025

by Valerio Barbera

· 5,215 Views · 2 Likes

Maintaining ML Model Accuracy With Automated Drift Detection

This tutorial demonstrates how to implement automated drift detection, triggers alerts, and automatically retrains models to maintain accuracy in production environments.

April 2, 2025

by Jesse Williams

· 4,023 Views · 2 Likes

Cost-Aware Resilience: Implementing Chaos Engineering Without Breaking the Budget

See how to apply cost-aware chaos engineering techniques using open-source tools, automation, and prioritization to improve system resilience without breaking the bank.

April 1, 2025

by Binoj Melath Nalinakshan Nair

CORE

· 7,304 Views · 6 Likes

GenAI: Running Prototypes Faster Than Wireframes

GenAI creates working software — faster than wireframes. Enter a prompt, you get a database, app, and API. With declarative business logic. Customize in your IDE.

March 12, 2025

by Val Huber

CORE

· 4,257 Views · 4 Likes

Build Your Tech Startup: 4 Key Traps and Ways to Tackle Them

Overcontrol, poor management, no future investment, and weak tech branding can sink your project. Avoid these traps when building your own startup.

March 11, 2025

by Filipp Shcherbanich

CORE

· 4,716 Views · 6 Likes

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