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Microsoft Open-Sources ThreadX and the Azure RTOS Development Suite
Microsoft contributed Azure RTOS, including real-time OS ThreadX, to the Eclipse Foundation and made it available under the MIT license.
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Sentry Introduces Non-Open-Source Functional Source License
Sentry has recently announced the creation and adoption of the Functional Source License (FSL), a non-compete license that converts to Apache 2.0 or MIT after two years. Similar to the Business Source License (BSL) but with a shorter non-compete period and less variability, the new license received mixed feelings from the community.
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Swift 5.9 Backtracer is Now Concurrency-Aware, Improves Readability and Linux Support
Besides extending the language through macros and borrow-stile memory management, Swift 5.9 also introduces some helpful features for program debugging, including an out-of-process crash handler, just-in-time debugging support, and backtracking to makes it easier to interpret control flow when using structured concurrency.
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Canonical Releases a Low-Touch, Open Source Cloud Solution with MicroCloud
Canonical recently announced the general availability of MicroCloud, a low-touch, open source cloud solution designed for scalable clusters and edge deployments. It's aimed at edge computing, as well as for customers in need of a small-scale private cloud.
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Do Gen AI and OSS Regulation Bring Us Further Away from Exiting the Dependency Hell?
“The security of the software supply chain problem” still persists according to the yearly State Of Supply Chain report. It improved, but there is still a long way to go, given that 96% of all vulnerable downloads were avoidable. Besides the usual insights of how far from exiting the "dependency hell" we are, the novel challenges of 2023 include the legislative adoption of Gen AI-associated risks.
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Microsoft Announces Radius: a New Open Application Platform for the Cloud
Microsoft has recently announced Radius, a cloud-native application platform designed to facilitate collaboration between developers and platform engineers who assist them in delivering and managing cloud-native applications. This platform ensures that these applications adhere to corporate standards for cost-efficiency, operational efficiency, and security as the default approach.
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How Spotify Transitioned to Bazel to Build their iOS App
After three years experimenting with Bazel, in 2020 Spotify decided to adopt it as their official build system for the Spotify iOS app. Thanks to this, they could reduce build times to a fourth, explains Spotify engineer Patrick Balestra.
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System Initiative Software Goes Open Source; Aims to Model and Automate Infrastructure Management
System Initiative, a customizable power tool, recently open-sourced all of its software under the Apache License 2.0. The release of System Initiative's software to the open-source community aims at improving the DevOps landscape, with a specific emphasis on simulating the user’s infrastructure and using it to manage real-world systems.
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Swift 5.9 Brings a Macro System and C++ Interoperability
In addition to an expressive macro system and a limited form of C++ interoperability, Swift 5.9, now officially available, also introduces parameter packs, ownership-based memory management, and more.
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LF Asia & CNCF Kick off KubeCon+CloudNativeCon+Open Source Summit China 2023
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon + Open Source Summit China 2023 kicked off this week in Shanghai. It’s the premier event for developers, technologists, and technology leaders in Asia concerning all things Open Source, Kubernetes, and Cloud Native. The event attracted over 2000 attendees and 20 sponsors and included 150 sessions.
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Microsoft Introduces Public Preview of Socket.IO Support on Azure Web PubSub
Microsoft recently added support for Socket.IO on Azure in public preview, allowing developers to leverage a fully-managed cloud solution through Web PubSub for Socket.IO.
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LinkedIn's Open-Source "iris-message-processor" Achieves 86.6x Faster Escalation Management Speeds
LinkedIn developed a new open-source service called "iris-message-processor" to enhance the performance and reliability of its existing Iris escalation management system. "iris-message-processor" significantly improves processing speeds, being ~4.6x faster under average loads and ~86.6x faster under high loads than its predecessor.
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Navigating Open Source Integration through a DevOps Lens
Taking a DevOps perspective on open source can help to incorporate an OSS project into your environment. DevOps engineers are comfortable with using third-party integrations, and they align with the open source mindset of breaking down barriers between different groups and promoting teamwork.
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OpenSSF New Manifesto Urges the Software Industry to Take Responsibility for Open Source Security
The Open Source Consumption Manifesto from OpenSSF aims to make the software industry more aware of its responsibility when it comes to ensuring the software supply chain remains secure and healthy.
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MicroStream Debuts Eclipse Store Java Persistence Framework at Eclipse Foundation
MicroStream, an open-source Java persistence framework, recently announced the first release of Eclipse Store under the auspices of the Eclipse Foundation. This first release contains two core components from MicroStream, its Serializer and StorageManager restructured as Eclipse Serializer, and Eclipse Store, respectively.