I'm a Senior Editor with The ReadME Project where we feature the stories of the people behind open source and dig into the trends of open source software and developers. I have been writing about the 💻 internet on the internet since 2009, when I joined ReadWriteWeb as a daily news writer, and have been using the internet in some form or another since the days of 1200 baud ☎️ dial-up and BBS door games. Most recently, I learned all about the world of ☁️ cloud native computing while writing for The New Stack.
- TypeScript and the dawn of gradual types - 🌅 Why choose between static or dynamic when you can get the best of both?
- How ‘open’ should your open source be? - 🛑 Boundaries aren't always intuitive for maintainers, but limiting contributions can be their healthiest option.
- Coding accessibility: Disability as catalyst for creativity - 🎮 👨🦼 Faced with accessibility barriers, developer Paul Chiou turns obstacles into innovative solutions.
- From gaming with your eyes to coding with AI: New frontiers for accessibility - 👀 🎮 With open source, developers with disabilities can contribute, collaborate, and participate like never before.
- What's in a name? Moving GitOps beyond buzzword - 🧰 An open source effort to define GitOps might save it from becoming just another buzzword.
- Marie Kondo your software stack with open source - 🧹 Mindfully consider each choice—and remember that simple is not necessarily easy
- Don’t call it a comeback: Why Java is still champ - ☕ Far from dead, the perpetually-popular language is up to speed and ready for the future.
💬 Tell me your thoughts and stories ideas regarding open source at [email protected]!
I enjoy riding 🚴 bicycles for both fun and transportation, 🍅 gardening, 🍄 foraging mushrooms and other edibles as I hike with my partner and our 🐶 dogs, and getting involved in cooperative efforts, such as our local bicycle co-op.
Oh, and fun fact - I wrote a blog post about Facebook one time that accidentally stepped into the firehose of people searching for "Facebook login" on Google instead of typing "facebook.com" into their browser, and hilarity ensued. Some folks refer to it as the time I "broke the internet."