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GitLab acquires Gitter, will open-source the code
Original EnglishJobs getting stuck might not seem like a big deal, but when every dev on the team needs to manually check every 5 minutes to …
Show HN: EdgeDB 1.0
Original EnglishWe implemented "one-click" deploy buttons for the major clouds to the extent it was possible to do, but for fully open-source companies like EdgeDB there's …
Xamarin now free in Visual Studio, and Xamarin SDK being open-sourced
Original EnglishWell, not that much, but that is more than i paid for office software since)
Pkl, a Programming Language for Configuration
Original EnglishI just run a count, on the infrastructure configuration for a relatively small, but already public company. 13k lines of YAML alone.
Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thousands of apps
Original EnglishHowever, if something I made got really popular and thousands of companies started relying on it, I'd expect to see at least some support.
Dear open-source maintainers, a letter from GitLab
Original EnglishThe opportunity cost on the front side is often worth it but the long term benefit on the back side is you aren't dependent on …
How I program with LLMs
Original EnglishI guess it makes me slower, sure, but I actually enjoy the process of making the software end to end.
US developers can offer non-app store purchasing, Apple still collect commission
Original EnglishWe sold our software on the web directly to customers, bypassing all middlemen except for payment processors.
Removal of Heroku free product plans
Original EnglishI use a paid hobby web dyno ($7/month) and a $9/month Postgres 'instance', but leverage the free Redis tier for use as a session store.