The Heavybit Library
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Open Source Ready Ep. #18, Consent Management with Christopher Burns
In episode 18 of Open Source Ready, Brian Douglas and John McBride are joined by Christopher Burns to unpack the complexities of...
How Local-First Development Is Changing How We Make Software
What Local First Is, and Why It Matters Local-first development is a development ethos that keeps data and code on your device...
The Power User’s Guide to Open-Source Licenses
Licensing: A Key Trade-Off for Open Source Startups Why is Heavybit putting together this guide for open-source startup founders...
Enterprise AI Infrastructure: Compliance, Risks, Adoption
How Enterprise AI Infrastructure Must Balance Change Management vs. Risk Aversion 50%-60% of enterprises reportedly “use” AI,...
How to Properly Scope and Evolve Data Pipelines
For Data Pipelines, Planning Matters. So Does Evolution. A data pipeline is a set of processes that extracts, transforms, and...
How to Start an Open-Source Project
How to Start an Open-Source Project Why is Heavybit posting a first-principles guide on how to create an open-source project?...
Personal Branding for Founders
Why Personal Branding? A lot of founders I’ve spoken to, especially those of us who are technical, bristle at the idea of...
Jamstack Radio Ep. #150, The Evolution of Jamstack: An Eight-Year Journey
Join Brian Douglas for this final episode of Jamstack Radio as he chats with Matt Biilmann, CEO of Netlify. Together they discuss...
How Startup Founders Should Think About Local-First Dev
What Local-First Dev Means for Startup Founders If you’re a startup founder, you’re always looking for some kind of edge–a way...
How to Successfully Fork an Open-Source Project
Why is Heavybit writing a startup guide to forking open-source projects? Because while open source has been an incredible boon to...
The Future of Coding in the Age of GenAI
What AI Assistants Mean for the Future of Coding If you only read the headlines, AI has already amplified software engineers...
How to Launch a Dev-First Startup: First Principles
Welcome to the first article in our definitive series on how to launch a developer-first startup, featuring advice from veteran...