Innovation Through Collaboration  Open Source Community 

Herald is an open source Bluetooth protocol, intended to improve the accuracy and efficacy of contact tracing. According to Adam Fowler, Herald’s maintainer, the utlimate goal is to make digital contact tracing so reliable that it negates the need for geographical lockdowns. Find out how a train to London made it all possible. 

There’s a class of security compromise or exploit commonly refered to as “remote root.” This is the worst kind of security flaw possible for it allows somebody, anybody to execute arbitrary code on your computer with elevated privileges. And yet, it's something that developers frequently use without thinking: the SUDO command. Is there another option? Tim Pepper proposes some options.

Here's a new open source Kubernetes CLI plugin for building container (OCI) images. This CLI, optimized for developers, implements a familiar UX within kubectl and uses an open source component called BuildKit to build Dockerfiles into images directly inside your Kubernetes cluster. Daniel Hiltgen gives us a tour.

Listen to a lively discussion featuring VMware's Chief Open Source Officer, Dirk Hohndel, as he talks about why anyone pursues open source and what it means to you. Go beneath the surface of the words "open source" and hear about the vision and ideology behind the movement and its history. Find out where it's headed tomorrow.

Nearly all modern software is based on open source - whether it's a small component or a provides significant feature or function. But before you adopt any open source code, assess the risk. In this blog series, Dawn Foster explains the different types of risk present in open source and how to manage it.

The universe of open source is vast - with millions of projects, thousand of communities and infinite possibilities to get involved. So, how do you start? First - don't be intimidated, instead be curious! In this blog post, Program Manager Stefka Dimitrova gives you five steps towards finding your place in open source.