OnlyOffice 9.3 finally treats PDF editing as a first-class job
I have been editing PDFs on Linux for about twelve years. Most of those years were bad. The good tools were paid, the free tools were limited, and the workarounds involved piping…
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OpenClaw alternatives that survive on cheap single-board computers
I have been running OpenClaw (an open-source agent framework that orchestrates large language models against local tools and APIs) on a handful of single-board computers (SBCs) for the last six months. The…
Essential Linux Mint Keyboard Shortcuts Every User Should Master
Essential Linux Mint keyboard shortcuts every user should master I have been running Linux Mint on my primary laptop for about three years. In that time I have trained myself to reach…
Open Source Weaves Connections Between C
How open source quietly weaves the connections between companies I noticed something the first time I mapped the dependencies in a medium-sized SaaS product. The product was twelve services, a Postgres database,…
Open Source Program Office
Open Source Program Office: what it is and when you need one I spent the better part of a year watching small companies try to manage their open source footprint with a…
3 key open source challenges in developing countries
3 key open source challenges in developing countries I spent two years working on open-source deployment projects in West Africa and Southeast Asia, and the patterns I saw on the ground are…
Test your Drupal website with Cypress
Testing a Drupal site with Cypress, the way I wish someone had shown me I have been writing Drupal code on and off for about six years, and the part of the…
Run a virtual conference using only open source tools
Run a virtual conference using only open source tools I have helped run three virtual conferences in the last eighteen months, all on a tight budget, and every one of them used…
3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project
3 reasons to host a docathon for your open source project A docathon is a focused, time-boxed event where a group of people get together (in person, on a video call, or…
Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This
Generate web pages from Markdown with Docsify-This I write most of my long-form notes in Markdown. The trouble is the same trouble it has been for ten years: Markdown is great for…