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Can you build a profitable company on software you give away for free? From Red Hat to Mistral AI, here is how open source ventures create value, which business models work, how venture capital invests in them, and what licence changes teach founders.
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A practical overview of the four major AI assistant families: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI ChatGPT, Mistral AI and Google Gemini. Strengths, coding tools, privacy, open-weight models and European sovereignty, to help entrepreneurs and developers choose the right AI technology.
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What is a sovereign cloud, why does the US CLOUD Act conflict with the GDPR, and how can companies and public bodies regain control of their data with European hosting and free software such as Nextcloud, Linux, Kubernetes and open-weight AI models? A practical guide.
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Data is the gold of the 21st century, so better keep it in a safe, at home if possible. Nextcloud is a free and open source, European cloud platform for files, calendars, contacts, video calls and office documents that you can host yourself or with a sovereign provider, out of reach of the US CLOUD Act.
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LilyPond is a free and open source program that turns plain text into beautiful sheet music. Released under the GNU GPL and available on Linux, macOS and Windows, it lets you write music like code: versioned, reusable and perfectly engraved.
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Would you give all your data to the same company? We all do it anyway, by accepting long and unread terms and conditions. Decentralised, open source social networks such as Mastodon, the Fediverse and Bluesky offer respectful alternatives. Here is how they work and how to switch.
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Static site generation and the Jamstack changed how we build fast and secure websites. From Gatsby in 2019 to Next.js and React Server Components today, here is how this very site is built, and how you can get near-perfect performance with React, a headless CMS and a CDN.
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While most crypto-currencies burn huge amounts of energy, Ğ1 (pronounced "June") is a free, low-energy currency based on the Relative Theory of Money and a Web of Trust, where every member co-creates money through a universal dividend. Let's have a look into it!
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I tried a lot of online coding school platforms and the best one I have tested to practise is CodinGame: puzzles, multiplayer bot battles and optimisation challenges in more than 25 programming languages, all in the browser and for free.
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The Kano computer kit is a Raspberry Pi with Kano OS, a friendly Linux distribution that teaches hardware, software and coding through games. Designed for kids from 6 years old, it is just as fun for adults who want to understand what happens inside a computer.
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p5.js is a free and open source JavaScript library that makes creative coding accessible to artists, designers, educators and beginners. Here is how to start drawing with code in your browser, in five minutes and without installing anything.
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Labdoo is a humanitarian, volunteer-run network that refurbishes unused laptops with free educational software and delivers them to schools in need, carried by travellers. Here is how it works and how you can donate or deliver a "dootronic" yourself.
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