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70% of your codebase isn't yours
Here's an uncomfortable truth: most of your codebase isn't yours. Ed Summers explains why that's a supply chain problem hiding in plain sight, and what GitHub's new pledge does about it. We're also mapping the progression from prompt engineering to loop engineering and why the layer you skip is the one that breaks you, securing a Linux server before attackers find it, and rethinking whether educators should ban AI or teach with it.
On the podcast, Bryan Liles makes the case that AI's biggest bottleneck isn't what you'd expect, and explains why data tools like Apache Iceberg deserve your attention right now. This is edition #74 of the We ❤️ Open Source newsletter. Made and curated by Jason & Todd.🙂
This week we'll look at...
The State of Tech and AI Jobs Meetup
Wednesday, August 5 in the RTP
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Articles
 | Loop engineering is the fourth layer in a progression that started with prompt engineering in 2022. Each layer builds on the last and none are optional. This post maps the full stack and makes the case that open source developers are already building the infrastructure it runs on. WHY WE ❤️ IT: The layer you skip in your AI pipeline is always the one that breaks you. |
 | Attackers find new Linux servers within minutes. Learn Linux TV walks you through baseline security: updates, non-root users, SSH keys, and sshd_config hardening. Jay demonstrates everything on a live Linode instance already under attack, proving why these steps matter immediately. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Jay shows attackers hitting the server within 52 minutes of creation, then walks through locking it down completely with SSH keys and disabled root login. |
 | Should educators ban AI from the classroom? Don argues no. Instead, use AI as a Socratic teaching partner that encourages critical thinking. Learn how to help students evaluate code, explore multiple solutions, and develop deeper understanding using AI thoughtfully. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Instead of banning or blindly trusting AI, Don shows educators how to use it as a tool that teaches thinking, not shortcuts |
What's in your technology toolbox?
Ed Summers has a blunt message for developers: Most of your codebase isn't yours, it's open source, and if it's not accessible, neither is your product. He breaks down GitHub's new pledge, the NVDA screen reader story, and why accessibility is really a supply chain problem.
WHY WE ❤️ IT: Ed uses a screen reader to read his own slides live on stage.
From the We ❤️ Open Source Podcast
 | Think AI's biggest bottleneck is code? Bryan Liles says think again. He breaks down why power infrastructure is the real story behind the AI boom, and makes a compelling case for why data, and tools like Apache Iceberg, deserve just as much attention right now. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Bryan compares Apache Iceberg to a library catalog, explaining how it instantly points massive datasets to exactly where they belong. |
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Wrap Up
If you've made it this far (thank you!), check out everything we do, our YouTube channel with 1000's of open source talks, the many meetups we host around the southeast and NYC, the All Things AI spring event we co-host, and of course All Things Open, the largest open source tech conference on the US east coast.
We hope you learn something new this weekend!
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