Highlights from the O’Reilly OSCON Conference in Austin 2017
Watch highlights covering open source, open infrastructure, the business of open source, and more. From the O'Reilly OSCON Conference in Austin 2017.
Software Engineering
Ideas, insights, and strategies for today’s software engineers.
Step 1: Punch a tree
How Evan Booth's adventures in real-world transmogrification have shaped his perspective on open source hardware, manufacturing, and finding potential in the unremarkable.
Open Source contribution and collaboration: How (and why) Netflix drives industry engagement
Dianne Marsh explains how open source contributed to Netflix's success, and vice versa.
Rebuilding trust through blockchains and open source
Brian Behlendorf looks at how open source software and the blockchain offer models for building trust in your systems.
Sharing America’s code
Alvand Salehi walks through some of the government’s open source projects available on the newly launched Code.gov.
The alarming state of secure coding neglect
A survey reveals a deep divide between developer aspirations for security and organizational practices.
2017 Software Development Salary Survey
Find out what pays and what doesn't for software engineers, developers, and other programming professionals.
An efficient approach to continuous documentation
How to cultivate lasting shared knowledge without giving up all that free time you don't really have.
5 things to watch in Python in 2017
An improved asyncio module, Pyjion for speed, and moving to Python 3 will make for a rich Python ecosystem.
5 software development trends shaping enterprise
Open source development, changing infrastructure, machine learning, and customer-first design meet in a perfect storm to shape the next massive digital transformation.
The Resurgence of C Programming
High-level programming languages may win most popularity contests, but the venerable C language isn't going away.
Why and how Software Heritage is building the universal software archive
Roberto Di Cosmo reveals the motivations behind the launch of Software Heritage, a project that has archived more than 3 billion unique source code files and 650 million unique commits.
Is software freedom a social justice issue?
Karen Sandler says software freedom underlies our ability to effectively solve social problems, so we need a new way of thinking about it in relation to social justice causes.
Building an open source culture at Europe’s largest fashion platform
Lauri Apple discusses Zalando's open source transformation and how it's shaped the company.
How you got here
Open licenses have served us well for more than two decades, but Cory Doctorow says they need help if we’re going to survive the era in which computers invade our structures and our bodies.
Evolving the JavaScript ecosystem
Kris Borchers discusses the shifts driving JavaScript.
Brilliant pebbles
Mark Shuttleworth says your next million is more likely to come from an afternoon tinkering on your laptop and a tiny PC than beating your neighbor to web scale on the cloud.
Highlights from OSCON in London 2016
Watch highlights covering open source, open data, architecture, the business of open source, and more. From OSCON in London 2016.
2 major reasons why modern C++ is a performance beast
Use smart pointers and move semantics to supercharge your C++ code base.
The critical role of systems thinking in software development
Anticipating complexity and unpredictability in your daily work.
2016 European Software Development Salary Survey
Find out what pays and what doesn't for European software engineers, developers, and other programming professionals.
Getting started with InnerSource
Welcome to InnerSource, the powerful movement for developing open source software within the walls of a single organization.
The traits of a proficient programmer
Bridging the gap between competence and proficiency
How Netflix gives all its engineers SSH access
Russell Lewis outlines Netflix’s SSH bastion architecture, which allows them to audit and automatically alert after the fact rather than slowing down engineers before granting access.