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The unexpected superpower fueling open source
Who's ready to explore the future of security? AI is compressing the time between vulnerability discovery and active exploitation from weeks to hours, and scheduled patching can't keep up. We're also tracing how Linux package managers evolved from hours of compiling to one-command installs, centralizing Flatpak management with Warehouse for snapshots and backups, and discovering the evidence locker concept that keeps GitOps deployments audit-ready instead of audit-panicked.
On the podcast, Alex Kretzschmar shares why authenticity is your competitive edge, the FOSDEM story that changed his life, and his voice memo plus LLM hack that cuts scripting time in half. This is edition #69 of the We ❤️ Open Source newsletter. Made and curated by Jason & Todd.🙂
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Build an Agent in a Day
Walk in with a workflow you hate, walk out with a working agent
We're co-hosting a one-day, hands-on Build an Agent workshop on Tuesday, July 28 at the Dubois Center in Charlotte, NC. Business, government, and education leaders will leave with a working AI agent connected to their real work tools. Join Mark Hinkle of the AIE Network and All Things AI as he leads a full day of instruction and hands you something that actually runs on Monday morning!
Articles
 | AI is compressing the time between vulnerability discovery and active exploitation from weeks to hours. Traditional patch cycles were built for a slower world. TuxCare CEO Igor Seletskiy makes the case that scheduled maintenance windows are becoming a liability and what you can do about it. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Igor runs TuxCare and knows this problem from the inside. If you're still patching on a schedule, read this now. |
 | Stop scattering Flatpak data across your system. Learn Linux TV shows you Warehouse, a tool that centralizes everything. Create snapshots to backup app states, restore previous configurations, clean up leftover data, and install new Flatpaks all from one interface. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Jay demonstrates why Flatpak management finally stops being a nightmare. |
 | Installing software on early Linux meant hours of downloading, extracting, and compiling source code. Don traces how APT, YUM, and pacman transformed that painful process into simple one-command installations. Learn the evolution of package management and why it matters. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Don shows how one problem sparked a revolution in Linux package management. |
What's in your technology toolbox?
DevOps gets your code deployed. But can you prove to an auditor that every change followed the right process? Sujeily Fonseca-Gonzalez walks through the GitOps practices and Argo CD capabilities that turn compliance into something automated, including the evidence locker concept that keeps you audit-ready without the scramble.
WHY WE ❤️ IT: The evidence locker concept is as simple as a locked-down repo can make the difference between audit-ready and audit-panicked.
From the We ❤️ Open Source Podcast
 | Open source monetization is unsolved, but authenticity is your competitive edge. Alex Kretzschmar joins us for the podcast to explore why real people thrive in broken systems, the FOSDEM story that changed his life, and his productivity hack using voice memos plus LLMs to cut scripting time in half. WHY WE ❤️ IT: Alex found his people at FOSDEM wearing traffic cone hats and wizard cloaks. That embrace of the weird is open source's superpower. |
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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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