Mike Melanson
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Austin, TX, United States
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Elon Musk, Twitter, and the Weaponization of Open Source
Elon Musk wants to open source Twitter to expose what he sees as Twitter’s nefarious, anti-free-speech leanings inside its algorithms. → Read More
The Promise of WebAssembly Heads to Ruby
An initial port of WASI based WebAssembly support comes with the new release of Ruby 3.2.0-preview 1. → Read More
Atlassian’s Compass Unites Tool and Code Sprawl –
Atlassian is launching a new product called Compass into alpha to help developers keep track of and manage their increasingly complex work environment and software architecture. → Read More
Astro Revs Up Static Sites with Partial Hydration
Astro, a new kind of static site builder for the modern web, has introduced server side rendering capabilities and released a v1.0 beta → Read More
Are Go Generics Ready for Prime Time?
Although generics are now available for Go developers in release 1.18, there is a question of whether the long-awaited feature is ready for prime time. → Read More
Alpine.js Brings JavaScript Interactivity without Complexity to HTML
Caleb Porzio created the lightweight Alpine.js JavaScript framework after an arduous trek climbing and descending "JavaScript Mountain." → Read More
GitLab’s Free Tier Belt-Tightening Continues –
GitLab has announced that it will be limiting the Free tier of GitLab SaaS to five users per namespace. → Read More
How OSS Devs Can Take Ethical Stances without License Changes
The issue of who should be allowed to use open source software, according to ethical considerations, has long been debated. → Read More
Hyperview Brings CI/CD to Mobile Using React Native
Hyperview is an open source project offering a thin React Native client for developing server-driven mobile apps using a hypermedia approach. → Read More
OWA Takes on Apple’s Browser Ban for PWA Parity –
While the Chrome and Firefox icons on many iPhones may convince users otherwise, Apple has effectively banned any browsers other than its own Safari, powered by WebKit, for a decade now. Those Chrome and Firefox browsers (among others) on iOS are merely skinned versions of their counterparts, built using WebKit, and lack the functionality that […] → Read More
Debate in JavaScript Community Over Proposed Types Syntax
If a proposal unveiled this week gets its way, JavaScript developers will have something many of them have been asking for: a type system. → Read More
RailsConf and DHH Go Their Separate Ways
RailsConf has decided to not invite Ruby on Rails creator David Heinemeier Hansson, also referred to as DHH, to keynote. → Read More
Where Does Open Source Fit into Russia’s War with Ukraine? –
Open source gateway Scarf has limited access to open source packages for Russian government and military entities, via its gateway. → Read More
Enough with the Zero Sum Game of Rust vs. Go
Go is often posited as a competitor to Rust, but there was kickback this week in a Twitter thread by Go principal engineer Russ Cox. → Read More
Gitpod Brings Automated Environments to JetBrains IDEs
JetBrains, the maker of more than 10 IDEs, has teamed up with Gitpod, the open source platform for automated developer environments. → Read More
A Tentative Well-Wishing for 20 Years of .NET
The 20th anniversary of .NET was this week and Microsoft pulled out all the stops to celebrate "the most loved framework by developers." → Read More
Joel Spolsky on Structuring the Web with the Block Protocol
Block Protocol is a proposed specification that will combine data commonly displayed on the web with its structure and type. → Read More
Joel Spolsky on Structuring the Web with the Block Protocol
Block Protocol is a proposed specification that will combine data commonly displayed on the web with its structure and type. → Read More
Island Brings Enterprise Controls to Web Browsers
Island has created what it calls "the world’s first Enterprise Browser," which it says brings security control, visibility and governance. → Read More
What’s Old Is New Again: JavaScript Dominance Not Assured –
In the world of technology, if you just stay around long enough, the methods you knew long ago become the way to do things once again. → Read More