AI coding tools have enabled a flood of bad code that threatens to overwhelm many projects. Building new features is easier ...

In the past 20 years, open source software (OSS) has radically changed software development. Open source has gone from being a niche movement to mainstream and is now a core part of the commercial and ...

Does vibe coding risk destroying the Open Source ecosystem? According to a pre-print paper by a number of high-profile researchers, this might indeed be the case based on observed patterns and some ...

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Google has expanded its OSS-Fuzz Reward Program to offer rewards of up to $30,000 for researchers who find security flaws in open-source programs. The expanded scope of the program now means the total ...

I just posted this as a comment to Josh's reply to my reply to his JavaOne 2008 pitch: Josh, come on dude, you're lumping me in with VCs now?? ;-) About 1.5 years ago, I used to argue that a project ...

The Steam Deck was a revolution in mobile gaming for PC, but it was also one for a reason most people weren't aware of: bringing Linux to the masses. The Steam Deck runs SteamOS, its own custom ...

Given the vibe-coding boom, a study recommends a drastic step: open-source software should only be available for a fee.