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The NVDA screen reader has helped empower a new generation of blind and low-vision developers
Highlighting the global impact of the open source community
The far-reaching impact of open source and its interconnected community touches every corner of the globe. These feature stories highlight the people and projects that power this important work and drive humanity forward.
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When proprietary apps failed, Della’s brother built an app that incorporated her needs and feedback into the design.
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After bringing Braille to the digital world and creating the first screen reader for the web, Dr. Asakawa is now working on an AI-enabled suitcase to help blind people navigate the world independently.
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How the PHP framework maintains a perpetual honeymoon period.
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Why choose between static or dynamic when you can get the best of both?
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From documentation to release management, non-code contributions power open source. Here’s how to get started.
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Faced with accessibility barriers, developer Paul Chiou turns obstacles into innovative solutions.
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Boundaries aren't always intuitive for maintainers, but limiting contributions can be their healthiest option.
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This once secretive scientific field is embracing openness in a big way.
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With open source, developers with disabilities can contribute, collaborate, and participate like never before.
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It’s one of the most important yet under-appreciated building blocks of the internet.
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An open source effort to define GitOps might save it from becoming just another buzzword.
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Thanks to open source, nothing is ever obsolete.
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Mindfully consider each choice—and remember that simple is not necessarily easy
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The evolution and future of open source games and game development.
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Open source developers are making the command line more friendly—and more powerful.
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Far from dead, the perpetually-popular language is up to speed and ready for the future.
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Object-oriented and imperative programming aren’t going away, but functional programming is finding its way into more codebases.
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Decisions are the essence of open source maintainership.
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The open source ethos behind rogue AOL add-ons.
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A new crop of server-side tools is making it possible to build web UIs without JavaScript.
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Astronomy is a software based field, and the community is building their own open source tools.
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Mentorship and documentation are the keys to making open source a better place for everyone.
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There’s a growing global movement applying cutting edge open source projects to humanity’s thorniest problems.
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The Rust programming language makes it easier to build safer software. What will it take to Rust All the Things?
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What happens when your impact outlives your code.
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From editing to animation, open source is part of how movies get made.
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From conflict zones to COVID-19 shortages, Glia is bringing medical equipment to those who need it most.
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It’s never too early or too late to start thinking about contributor relations.
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It’s time to stop taking open source infrastructure for granted.
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React changed the way people build apps.
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Global Forest Watch uses open source to turn satellite imagery into actionable insight to save forests.
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Developers around the world contribute to historic flight.
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The Python community is setting an example other open source communities can follow.
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Now is the time to remake the workplace.
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As the pandemic raged, open source developers sprang into action to leverage data for the greater good.
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Security pros talk about what keeps them up at night—and what they’re doing about it.
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Open source maintainers are working harder than ever. Here’s how to maintain your passion during trying times.
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Black communities are working together to democratize data and make the field more inclusive.
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Veterans face significant barriers to getting into tech. So they’re tapping their greatest resource: each other.
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Coding is usually seen as a solitary activity, but it’s actually the world’s largest community effort led by open source maintainers, contributors, and teams. These unsung heroes put in long hours to build software, fix issues, field questions, and manage communities.
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