Open Source Resources for Engineers

How Open Source Can Elevate Your Career as a Software Engineer

Open source helps engineers advance their careers by mastering architecture, design, documentation, testing, data persistence, and leadership—key skills for staff and principal roles.

February 20, 2025

by Otavio Santana

CORE

· 5,884 Views · 7 Likes

Why and How to Participate in Open-Source Projects in 2025

Contribute to open source in 2025 to grow your skills, expand your network, and stand out in your career. Learn, collaborate, and build real-world experience.

February 13, 2025

by Otavio Santana

CORE

· 6,657 Views · 11 Likes

Community Over Code Keynotes Stress Open Source's Vital Role

This year's Community Over Code keynotes highlighted a maturing open-source ecosystem tackling new challenges around security, regulation, and scalability.

February 6, 2025

by Brian Proffitt

· 3,691 Views · 5 Likes

How to Add Comments in Terraform Code

The types of comments in Terraform, how to use them effectively, and best practices for writing clear, concise annotations.

February 6, 2025

by Mariusz Michalowski

· 5,244 Views

90% Cost Reduction With Prefix Caching for LLMs

Up to 70% of prompts in LLM applications are repetitive. Prefix caching can reduce inference costs by up to 90%, thus optimizing performance and saving money.

February 3, 2025

by Mahak Shah

· 4,947 Views

Seamless Transition from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch

A step-by-step guide for migrating from Elasticsearch to OpenSearch, ensuring compatibility, performance, and cost-efficiency.

January 20, 2025

by Nilesh Jain

· 7,204 Views · 4 Likes

Talk to Your Project: An LLM Experiment You Can Join and Build On

Find out the result of my experiment on integrating LLM into a console application and the insights I gained from the experience.

January 17, 2025

by Filipp Shcherbanich

CORE

· 3,925 Views · 2 Likes

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

· 6,255 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

· 12,081 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

· 6,168 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

· 1,681 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

· 3,372 Views · 3 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

· 15,103 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

· 3,820 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

· 5,226 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

· 1,316 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

· 4,373 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

· 2,105 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

· 2,409 Views · 2 Likes

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

· 966 Views · 1 Like

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