Check out OpenRouter's 2025 report on LLM usage stats, and in particular how many new open-weight #opensource #AI models rapidly gained massive popularity, diversifying the landscape: openrouter.ai/state-of-ai

Can stop-loss automation save your investment account if there is a stock market crash? Check out my latest post on experimenting with Python and YFinance to see if this strategy would have worked in past financial cycles. optimizedbyotto.com/post/backtes...

Git is the industry standard for software development, but I thasn't been fully adopted in #Debian packaging yet. I believe that #Git workflows could enhance collaboration, transparency, and productivity for one of the world's most vital #opensource projects. optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-...

I had an interesting discussion about software supply-chain security with @josh.bressers.name in the Open Source Security podcast last week: opensourcesecurity.io/2025/2025-11... #opensource #security

Subscribe to the Open Source Security podcast (opensourcesecurity.io) on your favorite platform and check out the latest episode where I am talking about how I did the XZ Utils analysis in Debian.

Big shoutout to @anarazel.de for spotting the XZ backdoor in March of 2024! 🙌 My new post explores how the malicious changes showed up in Debian’s import of the upstream version and if the Debian maintainer could have seen them: optimizedbyotto.com/post/xz-back... #Linux #OpenSource #Cybersecurity

#Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” Is Now Available for Download, This Is What’s New 9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10... #Linux #OpenSource

Awesome to see #Omarchy getting more visibility! 🔥 Fireship’s vid youtu.be/DC2p3kFjcK0 spreading the #Linux desktop to 500k+ viewers is huge! I don't use this distro myself, but I still cheer for anything that helps motivate Windows users to make the switch.

Tired of wrestling with TLS certs and CAs for your database? MariaDB 11.8's zero-configuration TLS requires no manual setup 🚀 Check out security management tips at optimizedbyotto.com/post/zero-co... #MariaDB #DatabaseSecurity #OpenSource

I got hooked on browsing @openalternative.co's "Most Popular" list. The list at openalternative.co?sort=pagevie... is an absolute gem in finding what are the trending state-of-the-art open source programs out there 🔥

Seeing David Heinemeier Hansson so excited about #Linux on the desktop and building his ultimate #webdeveloper setup omarchy.org is inspiring! Check out the first 5 minutes of the video on the front page 📽️

Are you contributing to Debian? Check out my best practices for submitting and reviewing Merge Request on Salsa, #Debian's #GitLab instance. optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-...

Debian Linux version 13 has been officially released. Let the celebration begun ... micronews.debian.org

Debian 13 "trixie" has been released! 🥳 Official release notes at www.debian.org/News/2025/20... #debian #debian13 #trixie #opensoruce

"Meet Otto" 😂 hprobots.com/otto-robot/product

#DebConf25 started today with 460+ registered attendees in Brest, France. Hoping to see many attendees in all 3 of my talks :) #opensource #debian #linux

Is your company planning to start contributing to open source? 🚀 My new post shares best practices for corporate upstream contributions, spanning things from legal compliance (CRA is coming!) to reputation & quality: optimizedbyotto.com/post/best-pr... #OpenSource #SoftwareEngineering #CRA #SBOM

If you are integrating LLMs with databases, check out github.com/bytebase/dbh... - a universal MCP server connecting to MariaDB, TiDB, PostgreSQL and more #opensource #mcp #AI

MariaDB 11.8 LTS is now officially available. Read about vector support and other new features at mariadb.com/resources/bl... #mariadb #opensource

Planning to create .deb packages? 🚀 See my recommended workflow for new Debian packages when upstream uses git: optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-... #Debian #Git #OpenSource

Google Summer of Code 2025 projects announced! Thrilled that 9 students got approved for #Debian. I'll mentor 2 to enhance #GitLab CI for 27,000+ git repos on salsa.debian.org summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/202... #GSoC #OpenSource

Career news: I've left AWS to dedicate the time to full-time #OpenSource development, focusing on #Debian, #Linux, and critical digital infrastructure. Why? Open source has won, now we need to focus on *maintaining* it 🛠️ Read more at optimizedbyotto.com/post/full-ti...

💻🌟 Students! Want a #GoogleSummerOfCode project? I’ll mentor you to improve Salsa CI, @gitlab.com CI pipeline used by 27k+ packages in @debian.bsky.social. See optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-... & apply by Apr 8! #GSoC #OpenSource

Do you know what ActivityPub, AT Protocol, Farcaster, Lens and Nostr are? Check my latest optimizedbyotto.com/post/distrib... about the state of decentralized social media in 2025, with stats 📊 #decentralized #fediverse #web3

I've begun exploring @beeper.com to manage my Telegram, WhatsApp, and #Matrix messages in one app. It’s impressive – and #opensource too. Have you used it? Could this be the ultimate solution for messaging app sprawl? www.beeper.com

😆 `ssh starwarstel.net`

Are you in Vancouver and keen to learn cryptography and zero-knowledge proofs? There are still a few spots left at the workshop this weekend by Wanseob Lim from the Ethereum Foundation. Details: lu.ma/al7b7sox #Cryptography #ZeroKnowledge #Ethereum

Heading to #FOSDEM2025? Join thousands of fellow open source enthusiasts! I'll be there - hit me up if you want to meet up and chat about code, community, or anything in between! 🙌 #OpenSource #Database

On the path to becoming a Debian Maintainer? Start building these 10 habits to guarantee your success! 🚀 👉https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-maintainer-habits/ #Debian #OpenSource #Linux

In a #AI vector database benchmark by Mark Callaghan (of Facebook MySQL fame), it seems #MariaDB significantly outperforms the competition. Check out smalldatum.blogspot.com/2025/01/eval...

📖 How do modern #Debian source package repositories work? What git structure allows optimal software provenance, where the origin of every code line is known? Check out my latest post: optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-... #Linux #OpenSource #Git

Amazon RDS for MariaDB 11.7 is now available, introducing vector support for enhanced AI capabilities and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG). Learn more: aws.amazon.com/about-aws/wh... #AWS #MariaDB #AI #RAG

LLMs are huge statistical machines that have devoured the entire internet. Now, can they predict financial trends? 🤔 optimizedbyotto.com/post/ai-lang... #AIFinance #MachineLearning

⬆️ Check these 8 tips to communicate more effectively and stand out as a professional in writing: optimizedbyotto.com/post/writing...

I am proud to see 10 engineers from my team at AWS acknowledged in mariadb.org/mariadb-11-4... and 4 in blogs.oracle.com/mysql/post/m... for their #opensource contributions. It's gratifying to see the fruits of our labor after three years of championing this together AWS. aws.amazon.com/opensource/

Looking for a Google Podcasts alternative? Check out antennapod.org! I tried using YouTube Music and Spotify, but both lack basic features like automatically removing listened podcasts from the queue. Now I have been using AntennaPod and it is perfect! @antennapod.org #opensource #podcasts

Happy 9-year anniversary Ethereum!

👏 Switzerland has passed a new federal law requiring all government-funded software to be open source, embracing the "public money, public code" principle. Read more: www.zdnet.com/article/swit... #opensource #publiccode

While explaining the #CrowdStrike fiasco in www.youtube.com/watch?v=sL-a..., Theo summarizes well why ransomware and viruses is a phenomenon of Windows. For protection the best solution is not CrowdStrike, but to simply stop using Windows.

Instructions for #Windows users who want have improved security without #CrowdStrike: www.perplexity.ai/search?q=how...

#GitLab devs discussing potential #ActivityPub feature: gitlab.com/groups/gitla... I can see this having a lot of potential both for distributed code hosting and the "social coding" aspect users experience 👍

Excellent post by Ragnar Groot Koerkamp showcasing how perf was used to analyze and optimize Rust code: curiouscoding.nl/posts/1brc/ #SoftwareDevelopment #performance #optimization #Rust

Check out my tips for professional writing at optimizedbyotto.com/post/writing...