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Articles and updates from OpenSauced

A collection of the latest OpenSauced thoughts, insights, updates and announcements.

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#kubernetes

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John McBride

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5 mins read

How the OpenSauced engineering team made a near-zero downtime migration to Microsoft Azure

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#sustainability

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BekahHW

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8 mins read

Explore the challenges facing open source sustainability, including funding gaps, security risks, and maintainer burnout. Learn why supporting open so...

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BekahHW

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6 mins read

Understand the important role of transparency in open source through the PearAI and Continue.dev case study.

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#pizza-cli

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BekahHW

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6 mins read

Discover the hidden costs of siloed knowledge in developer culture and how embracing shared ownership and tools like the CODEOWNERS file can enhance t...

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#Go

#Deep dive

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John McBride

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8 mins read

How OpenSauced engineering used Go and Cobra to build a robust and extensible command line interface

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#pizza cli

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BekahHW

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5 mins read

As projects grow and teams change, tech companies accumulate "knowledge debt." By adding code ownership practices and tools like the pizza-clicodeowne...

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#command line

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John McBride

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5 mins read

A powerful way to generate and automate developer insights from the command line

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BekahHW

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4 mins read

Discover the Human Dependency Graph. Learn why focusing on people, not packages, is key to reducing risk in your projects.

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Isa Bensusan

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2 mins read

Access insights on lists of contributors!

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#Design

#Repo Pages

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Isa Bensusan

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4 mins read

Here's a breakdown of the process behind building one of our most acclaimed charts.

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#ai

#StarSearch

#Workspaces

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BekahHW

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6 mins read

Ever wonder what your GitHub repos could teach AI? Learn how turning repositories into smart datasets could supercharge organizations. From multi-repo...

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#contributors

#open source

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BekahHW

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8 mins read

Explore the art of open source success. Learn how to build trust, understand project philosophies, and become a valued community member as an open sou...

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#security

#sbom

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BekahHW

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4 mins read

Discover the benefits of tracking SBOMs in your projects and learn how it can boost your software’s security and compliance.

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#OSCR

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BekahHW

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7 mins read

Unlock the full potential of your open source community by understanding and valuing well-rounded contributors. Learn how the OSCR can highlight unsee...

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#OSCR

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BekahHW

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6 mins read

Explore the dual power of metrics and storytelling in open source contribution. Learn how tracking numbers and crafting narratives together can help y...

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#OSCR

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BekahHW

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6 mins read

Introducing OSCR: The new standard for measuring open source contributions. Explore how this new metric goes beyond code commits to measure true impac...

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#kubernetes

#openssf scorecard

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John McBride

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8 mins read

Learn how the OpenSauced engineering team built Kubernetes infrastructure to scale the OpenSSF Scorecard for all GitHub repositories

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#open source

#open source community

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BekahHW

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6 mins read

Discover how open source projects like Rust and Kubernetes thrive through community contributions, while others like TypeScript take a different appro...

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#openssf scorecard

#open source security

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John McBride

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5 mins read

Learn how OpenSauced integrates OpenSSF Scorecard to enhance open source security and compliance.

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BekahHW

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7 mins read

See how the compound interest analogy explains the power of open source contributions and the role of open source metrics in quantifying their impact.

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#Contributors

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BekahHW

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6 mins read

Open Source can be a catalyst for building better developers through public learning and development, accelerating skills, building resilience, and cr...

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#DevStats

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BekahHW

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5 mins read

YOLO Coding - the process of committing directly to main - leaves projects at unnecessary risk.

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#maintainers

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BekahHW

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7 mins read

Maintainer transitions can create a lot of challenges. That's why open source support through proactive measures like knowledge transfer and community...

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BekahHW

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6 mins read

Explore the stories of Vite and Selenium, and learn about the key metrics and community factors that contribute to lasting impact and growth in the op...

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BekahHW

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8 mins read

The problems with open source software highlight the need for sustainable project management, addressing vulnerabilities, ensuring long-term security,...

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BekahHW

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10 mins read

Learn about the importance of belonging, motivation, and collaboration in open source community.

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#Funding

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bdougie

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3 mins read

OpenSauced raised funding to further develop your AI technology that provides actionable insights for the open source community.

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BekahHW

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3 mins read

Explore how StarSearch revolutionizes open source collaboration by connecting projects with top talent using AI-driven insights into GitHub events and...

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#open source

#github

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John McBride

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6 mins read

Discover how the Lottery Factor identifies project risk by analyzing top contributors in popular open source projects, using insights from our newly d...

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BekahHW

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5 mins read

Explore the lifecycle of Facebook's Create React App (CRA) and understand the significance of open-source insights into issues and pull requests.

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#education

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BekahHW

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5 mins read

Feeling overwhelmed as a new open-source maintainer? Learn the skills and gain the support you need to succeed with our "Becoming a Maintainer" Cours...

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#ai

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John McBride

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14 mins read

Scaling up generative AI operations can be costly. At OpenSauced, we faced this challenge while building StarSearch, until we found a low cost solutio...

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#StarSearch

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BekahHW

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2 mins read

Get in-depth insights into contributor history with our AI-powered feature, StarSearch

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#maintainers

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BekahHW

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5 mins read

This article highlights the critical but under-appreciated role of open source maintainers and explores ways to create a more sustainable and rewardin...

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#maintainers

#open source

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bdougie

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3 mins read

Discover how to effectively measure the success of your open source project by tracking community engagement metrics, such as issues created by new co...

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#github

#opensource

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bdougie

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5 mins read

GitHub Star inflation raises concerns in open-source projects. Evaluating a project's health and success now requires considering commit velocity, iss...

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BekahHW

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7 mins read

Gain insights into the challenges of scaling open source projects, with solutions for comprehensive understanding, collaboration, and sustainable proj...

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bdougie

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5 mins read

Taking a look at the most successful open source projects in the AI space to discover what their secret sauce is for growth.

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#contributors

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BekahHW

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7 mins read

Explore empathetic ways to support open source maintainers and prevent burnout.

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#career

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bdougie

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5 mins read

The focus on open source contributions purely on career advancement will not benefit anyone in open source long term. Instead become a power users and...

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bdougie

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3 mins read

GitHub Organization Insights is no more, but OpenSauced is stepping in with open source Insights for Projects and Teams, available today. With Insight...

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BekahHW

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3 mins read

Hacktoberfest 2023 brought new contributors to OpenSauced and continued contributions, leading to a successful year.

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#maintainers

#open source

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BekahHW

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5 mins read

By highlighting diverse contributions and fostering a culture of recognition, we can inspire both current and future generations of developers and col...

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#maintainers

#open source

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BekahHW

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5 mins read

Connection, community, and recognition are key to preventing maintainer loneliness. Learn how to create a healthier open source ecosystem for maintain...

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#github

#hacktoberfest

#contributions

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BekahHW

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7 mins read

You’re more than your green squares. Green squares capture only a small portion of the developer journey. Green squares alone won’t get you hired. But...

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#moneyball

#github

#commits

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bdougie

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4 mins read

Right now, green squares are a representation of someone's work in open source. Squares are not a representation of a developer's resume

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BekahHW

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Thriving in Tech: Embracing the Power of Community

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#open-source

#beginner

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BekahHW

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10 mins read

Learn the fundamentals of open source development, from choosing projects to making contributions, in this comprehensive beginner's guide. Support ope...

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#community

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bdougie

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2 mins read

We did it! Today we celebrate our 1000th developer on the platform since our public launch in December 2022.

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#github

#open-source

#social

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bdougie

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1 min read

GitHub launched in 2008 with the tagline, “Social Code Hosting,” but is GitHub a social coding network today?

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#open-source

#github

#goodfirstissues

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bdougie

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4 mins read

There is a lot to be desired when it comes to good first issues.

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#talent

#open source

#hiring

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bdougie

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2 mins read

Open source projects can be a great way to retain engineers, as they provide a platform for engineers to collaborate on and contribute to meaningful p...

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#open source

#github

#apis

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bdougie

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3 mins read

The GitHub star is the wrong standard for measurement for growth.