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Mike Dolan

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Suffers from skiing addiction; SVP Legal & Strategic Programs at The Linux Foundation. Also at @mdolan @Twitter and @fosstodon.org

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OpenSSF @openssf.org · 14/09/2026
Mila from AWS breaks down how OS projects can maintain secure infrastructure without financial strain. Discover how Gradle and Compiler Explorer leverage the AWS Open Source Promotional Credit Program to harden the global software supply chain. Read: openssf.org/blog/2026/09...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Open weight and open source AI models are critical. The nonsensical arguments to close off access to open weight models are self-serving for a few AI companies. At the highest levels - Jensen, Satya, Mark, + others - people who understand open source are quickly aligning. x.com/finkd/status...
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Mark Zuckerberg (@finkd) on X
Open source is a positive and important force for both empowering people and preventing centralization. Proud to support this.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
OpenChoreo 1.0 Brings AI Agents and GitOps to #Kubernetes Developer Platforms www.infoq.com/news/2026/04... #opensource
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OpenChoreo 1.0 Brings AI Agents and GitOps to Kubernetes Developer Platforms - InfoQ
OpenChoreo, the open-source internal developer platform built on Kubernetes, has shipped its 1.0 release and been accepted into the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) Sandbox. The project is designed to give engineering teams a complete foundation for running workloads on Kubernetes without requiring them to build it themselves.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
How GitHub uses eBPF to improve deployment safety #opensource github.blog/engineering/...
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How GitHub uses eBPF to improve deployment safety - The GitHub Blog
Learn how Github uses eBPF to detect and prevent circular dependencies in its deployment tooling.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Not only does Keychron make awesome keyboards, but their firmware is also open source (latest is based on Zephyr RTOS), and now they have open sourced their hardware design files too! github.com/Keychron/Key...
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GitHub - Keychron/Keychron-Keyboards-Hardware-Design: Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice. 100+ models with CAD assets in STEP, DXF, DWG, and PDF. Source-available, with commercial...
Industrial design files for Keychron keyboards and mice. 100+ models with CAD assets in STEP, DXF, DWG, and PDF. Source-available, with commercial use allowed for original compatible accessories wi...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
"Linux Foundation’s report reveals that contributing to open source offers a 2x-5x ROI. Learn why private forks create technical debt and how to invest wisely." thenewstack.io/roi-open-sou...
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The Linux Foundation reveals the "ugly" secret of how open source is draining your budget - The New Stack
Linux Foundation’s report reveals that contributing to open source offers a 2x-5x ROI. Learn why private forks create technical debt and how to invest wisely.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Today we announced at LF Member Summit a new React Foundation with significant support from Meta and many others. Come join us if you're interested in #opensource and #javascript. www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
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Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the React Foundation
Linux Foundation announces launch of the React Foundation
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/06/1...
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Moltbook was peak AI theater | MIT Technology Review
The viral social network for bots reveals as much about our own current mania for AI as it does about the future of agents.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Interesting. "LiteBox is a sandboxing library OS that drastically cuts down the interface to the host, thereby reducing attack surface." #linux #opensource www.phoronix.com/news/Microso...
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Microsoft's New Open-Source Project: LiteBox As A Rust-Based Sandboxing Library OS - Phoronix
Microsoft engineers and other stakeholders have been developing LiteBox as a security-focused library OS written in the Rust programming language and leveraging Linux Virtualization Based Security 'LVBS'
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
As cybersecurity legislation comes into effect in Europe and beyond, how ready are open source projects, contributors, and stakeholders? How ready are you? The @linuxfoundation.org and @openssf.org research survey closes tomorrow! www.research.net/r/ZS36V69
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2026 Cybersecurity Resiliency Survey
Welcome to the 2026 Cybersecurity Resiliency Survey!
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
The #Linux kernel plan for a plan (if a plan is needed) is in place. www.tomshardware.com/software/lin...
tomshardware.com
After 34 years, the Linux kernel community finally has a contingency plan to replace Linus Torvalds — formal plan drawn up now community is 'getting grey and old'
Eeny, meeny, miny, moe...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Meta is using Valve's SteamDeck scheduler on servers. Benefits of #opensource. www.phoronix.com/news/Meta-SC...
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Meta Is Using The Linux Scheduler Designed For Valve's Steam Deck On Its Servers - Phoronix
An interesting anecdote from this month's Linux Plumbers Conference in Tokyo is that Meta (Facebook) is using the Linux scheduler originally designed for the needs of Valve's Steam Deck..
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
It's been a busy year in #opensource at The Linux Foundation and we just posted our Annual Report. Our communities keep growing and releasing new technologies - it's amazing to look back on the changes over the course of just a year. www.linuxfoundation.org/resources/pu...
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Linux Foundation Annual Report 2025
Tap into the latest open source publications. Discover insights from our projects and open technology thought leaders.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) mentorship data shows that investing in mentorship programs does grow the contributor base and results in net new maintainers for projects. #opensource www.cncf.io/blog/2025/12...
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The mentorship flywheel: How CNCF is growing the next generation of cloud native leaders
A record year for mentorship, 187 graduates contributing to the ecosystem, and one engineer’s journey from “I didn’t know about Docker” to Kyverno maintainer. In 2025, the CNCF mentorship programs hit...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
One key takeaway: #opensource #AI models are rapidly closing the performance gap while costing far less to run. As inference costs drop, openness becomes a real economic advantage - not just a philosophy. blog.irvingwb.com/blog/2025/12/the-economics-of-open-source-in-the-ai-era.html
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The Economics of Open Source in the AI Era
“Artificial intelligence is reshaping economic systems at a pace we have rarely seen in modern technological history,” wrote Frank Nagle in “Revealing the Hidden Economics of Open Models in the AI …
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Excited to finally see the collaboration on #opensource Agentic AI Foundation is public. One of the most exciting project as I look at the potential of Agentic systems. #agenticai www.linuxfoundation.org/press/linux-...
linuxfoundation.org
Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation (AAIF), Anchored by New Project Contributions Including Model Context Protocol (MCP), goose and AGENTS.md
Linux Foundation Announces the Formation of the Agentic AI Foundation
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Dan Cauchy announcing #opensource AGL SoDeV for the future of software defined vehicles that changed the game and enabled compliance with the EU CRA requirements for software updates.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
All of this. Confirms every rage about IoT crap I've had. And RATGDO is also #opensource and on GitHub. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/t...
nytimes.com
Why One Man Is Fighting for Our Right to Control Our Garage Door Openers
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Linus Torvalds was on Linus Tech Tips - a fun video to watch as they build a new system for compiling #opensource #linux. @linusmediagroup.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfv0...
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Building the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds
YouTube video by Linus Tech Tips
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
ORCA introduces a forward-looking #cybersecurity model – one that breaks software into isolated, resilient parts designed to contain threats before they spread. This community represents an important step toward the next generation of secure software. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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Linux Foundation Launches the Open Robust Compartmentalization Alliance (ORCA) to Advance Software Security
/PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation, the nonprofit organization enabling mass innovation through open source, today announced the formation of the Open Robust...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
"Just like they did two years ago, the UPTO has once again proposed new rules that would make it much harder to challenge bad patents through inter partes review (IPR). But this time the rule is much worse for developers and startups. And that’s a serious..." github.blog/news-insight... #opensource
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Developers still need the right to challenge junk patents
Calling on developers and organizations to advocate against patent rules that would make it harder to challenge bad patents by the December 2 deadline.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
This is an excellent explanation by Nico Rikken from Alliander about why traditional standards are failing in the #opensource world. IEC is just one example as Nico points out. The issues are avoidable, and fixable, but require attention. www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsB0...
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Challenges in Using IEC Standards in Open Source - Nico Rikken, Alliander
YouTube video by LF Energy
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Sean Michael Kerner @techjournalist.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11. www.networkworld.com/article/4090... @networkworld.bsky.social
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StarlingX 11.0 addresses edge security, IPv4 exhaustion for massive deployments
StarlingX cranks open-source cloud network infrastructure to 11.
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OpenJS Foundation @openjsf.org · 14/11/2025
With npm supply chain attacks on the rise, secure publishing practices are becoming a pressing concern for anyone maintaining npm packages. ⚠️ We've released updated guidance to help maintainers reduce exposure, strengthen release processes, and protect the ecosystem: openjsf.org/blog/publish...
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Publishing More Securely on npm: Guidance from the OpenJS Security Collaboration Space | OpenJS Foundation
The OpenJS Security Collaboration Space has been working closely with GitHub’s npm team to understand how new security features affect projects and maintainers, especially as threats and tools keep ev...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the EU CRA to many thousands of #opensource developers at #KubeCon NA. Get involved in the #CRA standards work and comments with the OpenSSF CRA SIG here: lists.openssf.org/g/openssf-si...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Congrats to our friends at Anyscale and Microsoft on a great #opensource Ray partnership announced today! siliconangle.com/2025/11/04/a...
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Anyscale and Microsoft team up to launch AI-native compute service on Azure - SiliconANGLE
Anyscale and Microsoft team up to launch AI-native compute service on Azure - SiliconANGLE
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Welcome to our new project Fluxnova, a collaboration started in the financial services industry but relevant for anyone looking for an #opensource business process management (BPM) platform. sdtimes.com/softwaredev/...
sdtimes.com
FINOS launches open source project Fluxnova to help with process automation
The project, Fluxnova, provides audit-ready workflows so that companies can visualize and automate their processes.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
"Open source and AI-assisted development: navigating the legal issues" by Chris Wright and Richard Fontana. They discuss the #opensource DCO questions people have been raising as well. www.redhat.com/en/blog/ai-a...
redhat.com
AI-assisted development and open source: legal and cultural issues
Explore the legal and cultural issues surrounding AI-assisted development in open source communities. Learn about attribution, copyright, licensing, and the DCO in this comprehensive guide.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
"Valkey 9.0 features scalability improvements that can help achieve up to 40% more throughput...also features atomic slot migrations, hash field expiration, numbered databases in cluster mode, and a variety of other performance optimizations." www.phoronix.com/news/Valkey-... #opensource
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Valkey 9.0 Released With Ability To Achieve One Billion Requests / Second - Phoronix
Valkey as the popular, Linux Foundation backed fork of the Redis key-value database is out today with its big v9.0 release.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
#Lodash is evolving — shifting from BDFL to shared stewardship. The focus now is maintenance: stability, security & sustainability over new features. A great reminder that mature open source projects thrive when we share responsibility. #OpenSource blog.ulisesgascon.com/the-future-o...
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The Future of Lodash
Lodash begins a new stage with a more collaborative and sustainable model. This post outlines the plan to simplify its maintenance, strengthen security, and ensure its key role in the JavaScript ecosy...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Look at this - #opensource Python.org now publishes new releases with sigstore and SPDX SBOM files! Check it out: www.python.org/downloads/re... #cybersecurity
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
What is the return on investment (ROI) for your organization's financial, code, and community contributions to open source? Please take 10 minutes to share your insights in our latest survey: lnkd.in/gJ4c-tjZ
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Bianca Lewis, Exec Dir of the #OpenSearch Foundation, landed a highlight in Forbes. RAG is reshaping AI systems that retrieve, contextualize, and tailor outputs. OpenSearch provides the #opensource, vendor-neutral engine for search, analytics, and vector-powered AI. www.forbes.com/sites/adrian...
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How RAG Continues To ‘Tailor’ Well-Suited AI
As AI evolves from general-purpose tools to specialized copilots and assistants, the combination of RAG and vector search has, for many, seen it become foundational.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Great talk by Jonathan Corbet from OSS EU - Three Decades in Kernelland - a great history showing the mistakes and threats to #Linux and #opensource - and the learnings and resiliency. www.youtube.com/watch?v=LS2L...
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Three Decades in Kernelland - Jonathan Corbet, LWN.net
YouTube video by The Linux Foundation
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
What's new in #Valkey 9? Ridiculously fast innovation from the #opensource community incl Multiple DBs in clusters, atomic slot migration, and expiration on hash field items.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Keyspace, the #valkey #opensource event
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
CERN experiments generate 1PB/s of data! They filter that data using ML and AI and manage it all with #opensource software. You may recognize some of these logos.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Patch, patch, patch even with #opensource. "CISA warns of actively exploited Git code execution flaw" www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...
bleepingcomputer.com
CISA warns of actively exploited Git code execution flaw
The U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is warning of hackers exploiting an arbitrary code execution flaw in the Git distributed version control system.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Today we announce DocumentDB has joined the LF with support from Microsoft, AWS and many more. Check it out. www.prnewswire.com/news-release...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
In the midst of COVID I decided to fill my travel-free time by starting a Masters in #Cybersecurity at Harvard. I'm working on a final capstone project and my team is looking at building a risk scoring sytem for AI models. If you care about #AI model risk, please participate: lnkd.in/gZYMeeDE
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The US really needs national data privacy regulation. www.pcworld.com/article/2854...
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A U.S. startup is selling your hacked, stolen data to anyone with $50 | PCWorld
An exposé details how anyone with a credit card can get easy access to a huge database of stolen personal information, sold in the open.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
What is the #Linux -based client operating system market share? I was reading SJVN's write up on ZDNET and noticed that if you look beyond "desktop" in the US data at analytics.usa.gov, Linux-based operating sytems are actually over 25% of the clients accessing US federal websites.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
A Higgs-bugson in the #Linux Kernel #NFS implementation. blog.janestreet.com/a-higgs-bugs... #opensource
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Jane Street Blog - A Higgs-bugson in the Linux Kernel
We recently ran across a strange higgs-bugson that manifested itself in a critical system that stores and distributes the firm’s trading activity data, calle...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
A big welcome to Agent2Agent as the community shifts to open governance. developers.googleblog.com/en/google-cl...
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Google Cloud donates A2A to Linux Foundation - Google Developers Blog
Explore how Google, Amazon, and Cisco form the Agent2Agent Foundation under the Linux Foundation to drive AI innovation via interoperability as an industry standard.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
A big welcome to Agent2Agent as the community shifts to open governance. developers.googleblog.com/en/google-cl...
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Google Cloud donates A2A to Linux Foundation - Google Developers Blog
Explore how Google, Amazon, and Cisco form the Agent2Agent Foundation under the Linux Foundation to drive AI innovation via interoperability as an industry standard.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Mikeal was an expert collaborator. When we would discuss something, he'd throw out an "impossible idea" and then talk himself into a path by working with a few of the right people. And then he'd set off and do it. Mikeal was a force that defied Newton's 3rd law. He will be missed by many.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"The #opensource community" demands contributors step up and lead through tough times and chart a path forward. I'm so excited to see the #WordPress community has passionate leadership who today unveiled the FAIR.pm package manager. Watch the exciting announce here: www.youtube.com/live/IOsOAsb...
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fairpm
fairpm has 8 repositories available. Follow their code on GitHub.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"The #opensource community" demands contributors step up and lead through tough times and chart a path forward. I'm so excited to see the #WordPress community has passionate leadership who today unveiled the FAIR.pm package manager. Watch the exciting announce here: www.youtube.com/live/IOsOAsb...
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This is very impressive, and disruptive of current #AI architectures. It feels like the disruption timescale is not years, but weeks. Secure enclaves on a cloud hosted GPU system with local LLM processing is a huge opportunity. I'm also a huge user+fan of Ollama ollama.com/blog/securem...
ollama.com
Secure Minions: private collaboration between Ollama and frontier models · Ollama Blog
Secure Minions is a secure protocol built by Stanford's Hazy Research lab to allow encrypted local-remote communication.
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Mike Dolan @mdolan.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
This is a great interview with GregKH on corporate involvement in the #Linux kernel and #opensource. He goes in depth on justifying working upstream and how it made him a better engineer. youtu.be/DZzFG_zhFnY?...
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Greg Kroah-Hartman - Corporate Involvement in the Linux Kernel | My Open Source Experience Podcast
YouTube video by My Open Source Experience
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