Python Ireland Pinterest June 2026
What it is
Misconceptions:
it's not a hobby
gives consistent standards
welcome to all
it's a methodology
Pytorch + CNCF
Why OSS
Reg and Green flags of OSS
Open Core
Best Practices
Join
KubeFlow
LinkedIn Post
Open source is dead.
Um, no it's not. It holds value of 9trilion of dollars. On open source software the whole IT stands. From Linux that is running on bilions of devices (android) up to any other software that people might take for granted to be available. Python is open sourced, available... Docker, Kubernetes as well as over a hundred projects in CNCF. And lot more by linux foundation or pytorch foundation... 39 car brands uses curl at least somewhere, which is completely free to use. But which of them is contributing or supporting? None. This might be stretched out but it outlines the under-support from commercial use. Ever heard of open-core? I never heard this before, but I did seen the business model. It is about giving out a "demo" version, usually called community edition. Than there is the enterprise edition which is paid and licensed over extra features of proprietary code.
Some of the great news exist, oss like Libreoffice has started to be used by Denmark government.
This is next episode on attending tech meetups in Dublin, specifficaly this one is about Python Ireland hosted by Pinterest. Main topic was about open source practices, how to contribute what it is and all around brought to us by Dominik Kawka and Ananya Nalavathu. Thanks for all the thoughts.
They also mentioned some good practices doing open source. It's all about building the community that comes together and works on the project. Making it easy for new-comers by making a good comprehensive contributions.md file, managing the project governance and keeping up contribution ladder. By keeping issues labelled "good first issue". Another way to keep open doors for new people. Other green flags are those to show real activity, responsiveness.
Red flags mentioned are simply no green flags. Other than that, low activity. Very little documentation. And no the code itself isn't the documentation. Something that stands out is keeping is one single point of control.
Lately I've been considering on contributing to open sourced projects and possibly leveraging my DevOps skills. This wouldn't only make an impact but improve my own skills. If you made it to the end, did you ever made open source contributions?