Last week, we launched our brand new Dev Cards with the OSCR (Open Source Contributor Rating) highlighted on the front to make it easier for you to showcase your impact in open source. To make it even easier, I've cooked up a little GitHub Action that'll automatically update your Dev Card on your GitHub profile.
In September of 2022, the European Parliament introduced the “Cyber Resilience Act”, commonly called the CRA: a new piece of legislation that requires anyone providing digital products in the EU to meet certain security and compliance requirements.
In theory, I'm not sure that open source should work. Think about it: Companies usually keep their best ideas secret. But in open source, everyone shares their code openly. You'd expect most people to just use the free software without giving anything back. Not to mention trying to organize thousands of volunteers from all over the world to build something complex. But despite all these reasons why it shouldn't work, open source not only survives – it thrives. It's powering a huge part of the technology we use every day. But for many people, the idea of actually contributing to open source still feels pretty scary. Why? And more importantly, how can we change that?
Today is day 12 of my 29 Days of Open Source Alternatives series, where I'll be exploring open source alternatives to proprietary software in the categories of Game Development and Multimedia, Development Tools and Platforms, Productivity and Collaboration Tools, and more. If you'd like to see the list of the open source alternatives I'll be covering this month, head over to my 29 Days of Open Source Alts Page or if you want more open source to learn-to-code programs, check out this list. This is our first post in the Productivity & Collaboration Category.
Chances are, you either have a calendar schedule or you've interacted with someone else's scheduler. I have been incredibly resistant to having one myself, although I have tried (and didn't love) Calendly in the past to help schedule podcast episodes. At this point, it's necessary for me to have a way to easily schedule meeting, kids' events, and whatever else is happening. To do this, I investigated three open source alternatives to Calendly: cal.com, Fossify Calendar, and Easy!Appointments.