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- Write Free Software https://writefreesoftware.org/ 98 comments
- Ask HN: Is it ethical to ask me to write software for free before an interview? https://github.com/surya-soft/Interview/commit/cc9da7af8a26871d2e252ef375deb8df6697d595 9 comments
- Free software is suffering because coders don’t know how to write documentation https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/06/02/free-software-is-suffering-because-coders-dont-know-how-to-write-documentation/#.tnw_IZruvbiT 61 comments
- Writing a TLA⁺ tree-sitter grammar: my foray into free software https://ahelwer.ca/post/2023-01-11-tree-sitter-tlaplus/ 3 comments
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- Write Free Software https://writefreesoftware.org 28 comments programming
- Imagining the Ideal Language for Writing Free Software https://video.fosdem.org/2021/D.perl/programming_lang_for_free_software.mp4 15 comments programming , video
- Writing a TLA⁺ tree-sitter grammar: my foray into free software https://ahelwer.ca/post/2023-01-11-tree-sitter-tlaplus/ 13 comments formalmethods
- This free software AI can write code, but... https://old.reddit.com/r/freesoftware/comments/oe629z/github_code_completion_ai_means_the_end_for/h45gyef/ 3 comments freesoftware
- Why I write Free Software http://www.xaprb.com/blog/2007/06/19/why-i-write-free-software/ 10 comments programming
- Free software is suffering because coders don't know how to write documentation https://thenextweb.com/dd/2017/06/02/free-software-is-suffering-because-coders-dont-know-how-to-write-documentation/?utm_source=social&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=profeed#.tnw_izruvbit 35 comments programming
- Erlware (free and open source) is software that makes writing Erlang/OTP applications easy http://www.erlware.org/index.html 5 comments programming
- Write Free Software, Pay $203,000 to Patent Holder http://righttocreate.blogspot.com/2006/04/write-free-software-pay-203000-to.html 22 comments reddit.com
- Russian Free Software developer sentenced to three years in prison for writing emulator http://www.ospint.com/text/d/4228252/ 29 comments programming
- I started writing a newsletter covering free software. I am curious to know what r/freesoftware thinks of this https://fossweekly.beehiiv.com/ 2 comments freesoftware
- When writing free and open source software that interfaces with a database, which databases are preferred or recommended? None 3 comments freesoftware
- "All we want is to write a Free Software GSM protocol implementation for a phone." http://laforge.gnumonks.org/weblog/2010/02/13/#20100213-six_weeks_to_bcch 31 comments programming
- "We [hardware people] have been giving you a free ride for thirty years while you write your crummy software and we make it faster, its over now" https://mobile.twitter.com/justincormack/status/1010846347728183296 116 comments programming
- Resigned from Google back in Sept 2022 and ended up writing a book about the dysfunctional software development practices in today's world. Here's one of the free chapters: Agile as a Micromanagement Tool https://muromuro.substack.com/p/agile-as-a-micromanagement-tool 42 comments programming
- In case you missed it, yesterday there was a HUGE victory against software lawsuits. "So long as the specific code used to implement a method is different, anyone is free under the Copyright Act to write his or her own code to carry out exactly the same function" http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/05/google-wins-crucial-api-ruling-oracles-case-decimated/ 67 comments politics
- This is funny, but when you're actually a developer, this isn't funny at all. One can spend hundreds of hours writing great software only to have the user want it free. Devs do need food too! http://theoatmeal.com/blog/apps 428 comments programming
- There are only two tasks harder than writing Free Software Graphics drivers. One is running a successful crocodile petting zoo, the other is wireless bungee jumping http://zrusin.blogspot.com/2010/07/graphics-drivers.html 73 comments programming
- Eye tracking software for sufferers of ALS/MND can cost tends of thousands of dollars, so I've spent 3.5 years of my spare time writing a free & open-source alternative - meet OptiKey (C#, Rx, WPF) https://youtu.be/HLkyORh7vKk 1054 comments software
- Eye tracking software for sufferers of ALS/MND can cost tens of thousands of dollars, so I've spent 3.5 years of my spare time writing a free & open-source alternative - meet OptiKey (C#, Rx, WPF) (x-post from r/Software) https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/3kdghp/eye_tracking_software_for_sufferers_of_alsmnd_can/?ref=share&ref_source=link 10 comments programming
- Eye tracking software for sufferers of ALS/MND can cost tens of thousands of dollars, so I've spent 3.5 years of my spare time writing a free & open-source alternative - meet OptiKey (C#, Rx, WPF) (x-post from r/Software) https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/3kdghp/eye_tracking_software_for_sufferers_of_alsmnd_can/?ref=share&ref_source=link 4 comments programming
- Eye tracking software for sufferers of ALS/MND can cost tens of thousands of dollars, so I've spent 3.5 years of my spare time writing a free & open-source alternative - meet OptiKey (C#, Rx, WPF) (x-post from r/Software) https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/3kdghp/eye_tracking_software_for_sufferers_of_alsmnd_can/?ref=share&ref_source=link 488 comments programming
- Eye tracking software for sufferers of ALS/MND can cost tens of thousands of dollars, so I've spent 3.5 years of my spare time writing a free & open-source alternative - meet OptiKey (C#, Rx, WPF) (x-post from r/Software) https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/3kdghp/eye_tracking_software_for_sufferers_of_alsmnd_can/?ref=share&ref_source=link 15 comments csharp
- Eye tracking software for sufferers of ALS/MND can cost tends of thousands of dollars, so I've spent 3.5 years of my spare time writing a free & open-source alternative - meet OptiKey (C#, Rx, WPF) (x-post from r/Software) https://www.reddit.com/r/software/comments/3kdghp/eye_tracking_software_for_sufferers_of_alsmnd_can/?ref=share&ref_source=link 18 comments opensource