The shifting market for PostgreSQL
Decades into what should have been PostgreSQL’s dotage, developers keep reimagining what it can be.
Stories by Matt Asay
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Boosting science and engineering in the cloud
Cloud computing was like rocket fuel for software developers. Scientists and engineers are the next in line.
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Open source your way to an MBA
Didn’t have time or inclination to get your Harvard MBA? Just start an open source project instead.
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Who gets credit for open source success?
Like so many winning projects, Weaveworks’ Cortex is the result of a long and winding chain of open source inspiration and innovation.
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We need a new way to think about open source
Open source companies and cloud providers are at war over who gets to profit from open source software. To help resolve that problem, we just might need new licensing.
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What happens when you open source everything?
Many open source software companies embraced the open core model to increase revenues. Yugabyte found greater rewards leaving open core behind.
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Red Hat’s crime against CentOS
In the beginning, no one expected to get RHEL for free. The end of CentOS as a free drop-in replacement is no cause for outrage.
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Why the Open Source Security Foundation was a long time coming
The open source process by which we find and fix bugs is also the right way to tackle software security. The OpenSSF offers us a chance to coordinate our efforts.
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Figuring out programming for the cloud
A new model of declarative programming languages has emerged for building infrastructure as code, promising more simplicity and safety.
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Stargate: A new way to think about databases
An open source API framework for data, Stargate promises to allow developers to work with back-end data in any shape they want.
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Why open source needs more cloud
Generally the path to success in open source involves growing the overall market, even at the expense of control.
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Are you sure you want to open source that project?
Take it from Lyft engineer and Envoy project lead Matt Klein. Unless you get more effort from outside than what you put in, open sourcing could be a mistake.
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No, you don’t have to run like Google
Just because Google, Amazon, or Facebook does it doesn’t mean you should. Here are four ‘best practices’ of the hyperscalers you have permission to ignore.
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The year of PostgreSQL is every year
Completely community-driven, with no centralized ownership, Postgres has been the elephant in the room for more than 30 years
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Hybrid cloud is where the action is, not multi-cloud
Enterprises should be more concerned with getting their hybrid cloud strategy right than worrying about multi-cloud.
