The Uber of Poland
A few years ago I visited a friend in Gdańsk, Poland. As we explored the
city, one thing I noticed was that cabs were relatively expensive and there was
no Uber. Instead, most (young) people used a community-organized service called
Night Riders.
I couldn’t find anything about that service on the we…
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Spreadsheets Make For Great Business Ideas
One of the best decisions I made in 2020 was to open my calendar to everyone. People book appointments to chat about open-source projects, content creation, and business ideas.
When we discuss business ideas, the conversation often leans towards problems suited for startups, such as using artificial…
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Starting A Print-On-Demand Business As A Software Engineer
One day I had the idea to make a print of my Github timeline.
I liked the thought of bringing something “virtual” into the real world. 😄
So I called up my friend Wolfgang and we built codeprints.
It’s my first “physical” product, so I decided to share my learnings.
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So You Want To Earn Money With Open Source
I earned 0 Euros from maintaining OSS software for years, and I thought that’s
the way things are. I finally looked into ways to monetize my projects last year
and in this talk I want to share what I learned so far. It didn’t make me
rich (yet!), but I built my first sustainable side-project with
an…
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Launching a Side Project Backed by Github Sponsors
Yesterday we launched analysis-tools.dev. It's a project about comparing static
analysis tools. What's best about the project is that it's completely
open-source and backed by sponsors. If you like to do the same, keep reading!
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Maybe You Don't Need Kubernetes
Kubernetes is the 800-pound gorilla of container orchestration. It powers some of the biggest deployments worldwide, but it comes with a price tag...
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