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Favorite Tips for running virtual, in-person, and hybrid events rpaik Wed, 05/03/2023 – 03:00 Over the past few years, virtual events have thrived. In-person events are back now, but it’s important to keep in mind that virtual events didn’t just come out of nowhere. Many of us were actually doing a lot of different online…

Favorite Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This paulhibbitts Tue, 05/02/2023 – 03:00 Are you interested in leveraging Markdown for online content without any website setup or build process? How about seamlessly embedding constraint-free Markdown or HTML into multiple platforms (such as a content management system or learning management system)? The open source project Docsify-This,…

Favorite 3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project lmalivert Fri, 04/28/2023 – 03:00 Your open source project’s documentation is essential to your customers. Your target audience must understand the purpose of your project and how to use it, and documentation is what bridges that gap. A project is rarely ever truly…

Favorite How I used guilt as a motivator for good its-surya Fri, 04/28/2023 – 03:00 Recently, I was asked by a friend and colleague if I were interested in speaking together at a conference. I was pleasantly surprised because I hadn’t contributed much to the project they were presenting, but I expressed interest. We met…

Favorite 3 key open source challenges in developing countries Ahmed Sobeh Thu, 04/27/2023 – 03:00 When I go back home and talk to people in the tech industry, or any other industry for that matter, about what I do and the topics I’m involved in daily, I’m usually met with bemusement at the idea of…

Favorite Run a virtual conference using only open source tools mairin Thu, 04/27/2023 – 03:00 The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why…

Favorite 5 open ways to help UX designers and developers collaborate better kriker Wed, 04/26/2023 – 03:00 Ideally, designers have a good relationship with their product team and users. However, the relationship between designers and developers is more difficult to build and maintain. The lack of a close relationship makes it difficult to solve problems or…

Favorite Test your Drupal website with Cypress cobadger Wed, 04/26/2023 – 03:00 If you don’t include tests in your Drupal development, chances are it’s because you think it adds complexity and expense without benefit. Cypress is an open source tool with many benefits: Reliably tests anything that runs in a web browser Works on any…

Favorite Retry your Python code until it fails Moshe Zadka Tue, 04/25/2023 – 03:00 Sometimes, a function is called with bad inputs or in a bad program state, so it fails. In languages like Python, this usually results in an exception. But sometimes exceptions are caused by different issues or are transitory. Imagine code that…