A practical engineering blog covering open source software, programming, cloud and infrastructure with vendor-neutral explanations. Recent issues include an introduction to Valkey versus Redis and a multi-part Docker cheat sheet on production patterns and Compose workflows.
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Robonaissance publishes essays on the AI and robotics frontier, including a series called Reading the Frontier that unpacks recent research and lab announcements, plus updates on its own open-source projects. Readers get careful, plain-language explanations of preprints and company posts, along with the newsletter's own open-source tools.
Developer blog on building OpenMU, an open-source MMORPG game server, covering architecture decisions, performance work and new features. Readers get detailed engineering write-ups with code-level reasoning and measured results.
Weekly digest of Simon Willison's blog covering hands-on experiments with AI coding agents and LLMs, plus links, quotations, releases and tools. Readers get first-hand write-ups of building projects with AI, event live blogs and commentary on new model releases.
The blog of NLnet Labs, an open-source steward behind DNS, BGP and RPKI software such as Unbound, NSD and Routinator. It covers regulation like the EU Cyber Resilience Act, security audits, and how AI is changing open-source maintenance.
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