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Wooden bikes
WOODEN BIKES Do they break easily?Can they withstand rain?Can they be compared to regular bikes? – Questions similar to these are completely logical and expected since wooden bikes aren't too common. We have had the same questions and concerns ourselves and have tried our best to answer them. Not so long ago we even
AV1 and the Video Wars of 2027
This post imagines a dystopian future where only the rich can stream video to their homes, and the democratizing forces of the internet have crumbled under corruption and greed. The ...
Dear SaaS vendors
There are a lot of SaaS vendors that offer useful tools but beyond the core functionality I am quite disappointed with how little SaaS vendors seem to care …
Ransomware as a Service
Ransomware as a Service, Author: Xavier Mertens
GitHub acquires AppCanary
aToday, we’re excited to announce that we’re going to be able to build tools that impact almost every software developer on the planet — we’re joining GitHub.
Opening the code of our X-Pack features
We are doubling down on open and moving our closed source X-Pack code into our public GitHub repos.
Roadmap for CoreOS Integration with Red Hat OpenShift
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the first steps for integrating CoreOS Tectonic, Quay, and Container Linux with Red Hat’s robust container and Kubernetes-based solutions portfolio. Container application platforms like Red Hat OpenShift Container…
The Growth of Reddit
Explore the Quillbot blog for practical articles on writing, grammar, creativity, AI tools, education, marketing, and career growth.
Dear Tumblr: Banning “Adult Content” Will Harm Sex-Positive Communities
Social media platform Tumblr has announced a ban on so-called “adult content,” a move made, it seems, in reaction to Tumblr’s app being removed from the Apple app store. But while making the app more available is in theory good for Tumblr users, in practice what’s about to happen is mass censorship...
Filecoin 2017 Q4 Update
Since the completion of the token sale, we have been heads down turning Filecoin’s tremendous potential into reality – from implementing the core parts of the Filecoin protocol to growing our team with the best talent we can find.
Steam’s discovery algorithm killed my sales
Firstly I want to be clear that I have had some measure of success on Steam and I’ve enjoyed going to Steam Dev Days and other events and talking to their reps who seem to be genuinely interested supporting indie developers. So this blog post is not about me hating on Steam, rather it’s to discuss a recent issue that…
The next ten years of Instapaper
This year Instapaper celebrated its tenth birthday and, now that we are an independent company, we’ve been thinking a lot about the next ten years of Instapaper and beyond.
Why There Will Never Be Another Red Hat: The Economics of Open Source (2014)
Open source software powers the world’s technology. In the past decade, there has been an inexorable adoption of open source in most aspects of computing. Without open source, Facebook, Google, Amazon, and nearly every other modern technology company would not exist. Thanks to an amazing community of innovative…
Microsoft Whiteboard is now generally available for Windows
Today we are pleased to announce the general availability of the Microsoft Whiteboard app for Windows 10. Whiteboard gives teams a freeform, intelligent...
Vitalik Buterin on Cryptoeconomics and Markets in Everything
Is he secretly the best young economist today?
Coinbase Commerce: merchants can accept multiple digital currencies
We’re excited to announce Coinbase Commerce, available today for merchants around the world. Merchants everywhere can use Coinbase Commerce…