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Local AI's Inflection Point: 2027

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

When subsidies fade, hardware catches up, and open models mature, all three lines cross in 2027. “Build your own AI” goes from idea to reality. Read more

MinIO Is Dead, Long Live MinIO

Sat, 14 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000

MinIO’s repo is officially archived and abandoned. And how AI Agents helped bring MinIO back from the dead. Read more

MinIO is Dead

Thu, 04 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000

MinIO announces that it is entering maintenance mode: the dragon-slayer has become the dragon. This is how MinIO transformed from an open-source S3 alternative into just another commercial software company. Read more

On Trusting Open-Source Supply Chains

Sat, 22 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

In serious production you can’t rely on an upstream that explicitly says “no guarantees.” When someone says “don’t count on me,” the right answer is “then I’ll run it myself.” Read more

Alicloud “Borrowed” Supabase. This Is What Happens When Giants Strip-Mine Open-Source.

Thu, 06 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Founders here get asked the same question over and over: what if Alibaba builds the same thing? Alicloud RDS just launched Supabase as a managed service. Exhibit A. Read more

KubeSphere: Trust Crisis Behind Open-Source Supply Cut

Sat, 02 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Deleting images and running away - this isn’t about commercial closed-source issues, but supply cut problems that directly destroy years of accumulated community trust. Read more

Open-Source "Tyrant" Linus's Purge

Fri, 25 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

The Linux community is essentially imperial — and Linus himself is the earliest and most successful technical dictator. People are used to Linus’s generosity but forget this point. Read more

WordPress Community Civil War: On Community Boundary Demarcation

Thu, 17 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

When open source ideals meet commercial conflicts, what insights can this conflict between open source software communities and cloud vendors bring? On the importance of community boundary demarcation. Read more

Switzerland Mandates Open-Source for Government Software

Wed, 24 Jul 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Switzerland’s government leads the way with open source legislation, showing IT developing countries how to ensure software sovereignty and control. True autonomy and control stem from “open source communities,” not some “nationalist” style “domestic software.” Read more

Redis Going Non-Open-Source is a Disgrace to "Open-Source" and Public Cloud

Mon, 25 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Redis “going non-open source” is not a disgrace to Redis, but a disgrace to “open source/OSI” and even more so to public cloud. What truly matters has always been software freedom, while open source is just one means to achieve software freedom. Read more

Will PostgreSQL Change Its License?

Wed, 20 Mar 2024 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Jonathan Katz (PostgreSQL Core Team) | Original: PostgreSQL Will Not Change Its License

PostgreSQL will not change its license. This article is a response from PostgreSQL core team members on this question. Read more

Paradigm Shift: From Cloud to Local-First

Fri, 03 Feb 2023 00:00:00 +0000

Cloud databases’ exorbitant markups—sometimes 10x or more—are undoubtedly a scam for users outside the applicable spectrum. But we can dig deeper: why are public clouds, especially cloud databases, like this? And based on their underlying logic, make predictions about the industry’s future. Read more

Time to Say Goodbye to GPL

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Author: Martin Kleppmann (DDIA Author) | Original: It’s time to say goodbye to the GPL

DDIA author Martin Kleppmann argues we should move away from GPL licenses. In the 2020s, the enemy of computing freedom is cloud software. Read more