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#React told everyone to use frameworks. The internet decided #Vercel staged a hostile takeover.
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The Vercel Takeover of React That Never Happened
React told everyone to use frameworks. The internet decided Vercel staged a hostile takeover.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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What's your leverage as a product manager for a commercial #OSS company? @mandysidana.bsky.social discusses five ways you can gain an edge over your non-open competitors. medium.com/bofoss/the-o...
The Open Source Edge: 5 Ways PMs Can Gain Leverage
As a product manager in a commercial open-source software (COSS) company, you inherit unique advantages that traditional software vendors…
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March 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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When platform teams care more about internal developer platforms than infrastructure, 3 things break - three things break: Security, Compliance and Cost
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October 4, 2025 at 9:19 PM
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#Multicloud is supposed to prevent vendor lock-in but #egress fees make actually moving data painful! The EU's Digital Markets Act #DMA will ban these fees, but cloud providers are already gaming the system.

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Hotel California as a Service: An Egress Fees Love Story
Multi-cloud is supposed to prevent vendor lock-in. But egress fees (10-15% of your cloud bill) make actually moving data economically painful, trapping you anyway. Combat this with CDNs, compression,
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October 3, 2025 at 10:38 PM
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#React told everyone to use frameworks. The internet decided #Vercel staged a hostile takeover.
bofoss.substack.com/p/the-vercel...
The Vercel Takeover of React That Never Happened
React told everyone to use frameworks. The internet decided Vercel staged a hostile takeover.
bofoss.substack.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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#vibecoding with #Cursor be like 😂
July 15, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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See you at #Supabase launch week!
Launch Week 15 | 14 — 18 Jul / 8am PT
Join us for a week of announcing new features, every day at 8AM PT.
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July 8, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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did you know you're using open-source software right now
May 31, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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🚀 La France 🇫🇷 devient le premier gouvernement à adopter les principes #OpenSource de l'#ONU, rejointe par 19 organisations
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#️⃣ #LogicielsLibres #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #DigitalSovereignty #SouverainetéNumérique #FSF #FSFE #GAFAM #UN #NationsUnies #UnitedNations
France Becomes First Government to Endorse UN Open Source Principles, Joined by 19 Organizations | Le Bureau de L'informatique et des Communications
The United Nations Open Source United community is proud to announce a major milestone: The Government of the French Republic became the first national government to endorse the UN Open Source…
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May 19, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Everything that has a beginning has an end. So does open source. In this article we look at industries that have been growing by supporting planned #endoflife for #FOSS

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Business Models supporting FOSS end-of-life
Open source forms the backbone of modern software development. However, this landscape is ever-evolving, and inevitably, projects reach…
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May 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Microsoft's move to open-source #GithubCopilot isn't just about the community; it's part of a calculated maneuver to strengthen its leadership position, keep competitors at bay, and control the developer narrative.
#FOSS #Copilot #Cursor #VSCode #opensource

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Open Source Copilot Gambit: Microsoft’s Two-Pronged Plan to Stifle Competitors
We had some exciting news yesterday about Microsoft’s moves in the AI coding space. This post delves into the strategy and understands…
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May 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Why do #COSS / SaaS companies often lock '#SSO' behind the enterprise tier, and why is this a bad idea? #ssowallofshame #cybersecurity #saaspricing

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Is SSO an ‘Enterprise’ Tier feature?
What is SSO?
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May 20, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Commercial open source #COSS vendors' licensing strategies are rapidly changing ,  yet again. How do we end up with a triple licensing model? Sounds complicated? #License changes can overwhelm engineers, managers, and contributors, so let's break it down.
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May 13, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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What's your leverage as a product manager for a commercial #OSS company? @mandysidana.bsky.social discusses five ways you can gain an edge over your non-open competitors. medium.com/bofoss/the-o...
The Open Source Edge: 5 Ways PMs Can Gain Leverage
As a product manager in a commercial open-source software (COSS) company, you inherit unique advantages that traditional software vendors…
medium.com
March 29, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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Dmitry Sagalovskiy suggests 3 terms necessary to balance freedom and commercial interests-
1. Software creators can charge money for extra value
2. The software cannot be given away for free
3. Users can use the software without paying the vendor
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Sovereign Lumber
Two talks, on the software analogy to lumber and chairs, and on software sovereignty in Europe, connected in my mind, and hit at the essence of what’s missing in the open source ecosystem today...
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March 18, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Do you think you are "giving too much away" as a commercial open-source company? Think again.
#COSS #FOSS #opensourcePM
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When Your Biggest Competitor Is Your Own Open Source Offering
In open source businesses, your most formidable competitor often isn’t another company — it’s your own freely available product. Unlike…
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March 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
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Flappy bird but with Octocat instead. Funny Easter egg in the iOS app from #GitHub.
March 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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Interesting comparison of the business models, growth drivers, and #PMF between #Github and #HuggingFace.
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Hugging Face, AKA ‘GitHub for AI Models’
Initially conceived as an AI-powered chatbot for teenagers, Hugging Face pivoted towards democratizing machine learning (ML) models and…
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March 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
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Are you a starting a new #open-source project? Then you need a license! A handy website with simple guidance on how to choose a license for your #foss project.
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March 1, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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#AGPL Licenses are often misunderstood by legal and #product_teams but they are great for many reasons medium.com/bofoss/the-m...
The Misunderstood Case for the AGPL License
There’s a common misconception that free software automatically means copyleft and that open source is inherently permissive. In reality…
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February 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Why do open source companies donate projects to #CNCF? In this article @mandysidana.bsky.social talks about the strategic upside for CNCF graduates.
February 26, 2025 at 5:18 AM
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It’s no secret that #Anaconda operates on a freemium model (#opencore) with tiered pricing, catering to individual users, academics, and enterprises. But what’s the real magic behind it? How does it all come together?
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Open-source Business Model at Anaconda
It’s no secret that Anaconda operates on a freemium model (open-core) with tiered pricing, catering to individual users, academics, and…
medium.com
February 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM