Open Source does not win by being cheaper(github.com)

367 points by thibo_skabgia 3 years ago | 229 comments

A GitHub wiki essay from Lago's founders arguing that open-source products succeed through advantages beyond being a cheaper alternative to proprietary tools.

Show HN: Dorkly – Open source feature flags(github.com)

188 points by drichelson 2 years ago | 83 comments

Beyond Traditional Pattern Matching in Lisp(github.com)

8 points by PaulHoule 1 year ago | 0 comments

How to check if two SQL tables are the same(github.com)

243 points by remywang 3 years ago | 108 comments

macOS Sonoma Boot Failures(github.com)

609 points by ColoursofOSINT 3 years ago | 252 comments

Asahi Linux wiki page explaining macOS Sonoma and Ventura 13.6 bugs that can leave dual-boot Apple Silicon Macs stuck at a black screen requiring DFU recovery.

How to (and how not to) design REST APIs(github.com)

109 points by stickfigure 3 years ago | 92 comments

The GitHub wiki is an anti-pattern (2022)(michaelheap.com)

151 points by ibobev 1 month ago | 88 comments

A 2022 blog post by Michael Heap arguing that using the GitHub wiki for project documentation is an anti-pattern compared to a docs folder in the repo.

GitHub is investigating unauthorized access to their internal repositories(twitter.com)

527 points by splenditer 5 months ago | 289 comments

A post on X from GitHub stating it is investigating unauthorized access to its internal repositories, with no current evidence of impact to customer data.

GitHub has not removed malicious imitation software after 3 weeks(successfulsoftware.net)

215 points by hermitcrab 1 month ago | 89 comments

A Successful Software blog post complaining that GitHub has not removed malicious software imitating the author's product three weeks after it was reported.

We used an AI agent to fix an open-source bug. Someone asked to ban us(github.com)

9 points by maxcr 1 month ago | 2 comments

A GitHub pull request to the VisiData project submitted using an AI agent to fix a bug, which drew a request to ban the contributors.

Stop Using JWTs(gist.github.com)

455 points by dzonga 4 months ago | 265 comments

A GitHub Gist arguing that JWTs should not be used for keeping users logged in and that regular cookie sessions are a better, more secure choice.

OpenTF is now OpenTofu(github.com)

352 points by zoidb 3 years ago | 197 comments

GitHub page for the OpenTofu organization, the open source Terraform fork formerly called OpenTF, which urges HashiCorp to return Terraform to an open license.