Five ways open source will slow you down (Bitbash)

Software is changing the world - and even other planets. An ever-growing part of software is “open source”. But it hasn’t always been that way! And “doing something open source” is definitely no guarantee for success. There are numerous ways in which you can use open-source software and be worse off than if you did not.

Join me in this talk to find out how not to leverage open-source software in your organisation and your projects. Find out why reading the documentation may not always be your best bet, or how a workaround may eventually work against you. By investigating 5 ways in which you can fail, we can learn valuable lessons on what to do instead.

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1. FIVE WAYS OPEN FIVE WAYS OPEN FIVE WAYS OPEN FIVE WAYS OPEN FIVE WAYS OPEN SOURCE WILL SLOW SOURCE WILL SLOW SOURCE WILL SLOW SOURCE WILL SLOW SOURCE WILL SLOW YOU DOWN YOU DOWN YOU DOWN YOU DOWN YOU DOWN #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
2. Picture by Rob Dammers - CC BY 2.0 #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
3. Picture by Jan Derk Remmers - CC BY-SA 4.0 #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
4. Picture by wyke2207 #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
5. ABOUT ME @mthmulders @Java_Champions @OracleACE @InfoSupportBV @ASFMavenProject #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
6. WHAT IS SOFTWARE WHAT IS SOFTWARE WHAT IS SOFTWARE WHAT IS SOFTWARE WHAT IS SOFTWARE ANYWAY? ANYWAY? ANYWAY? ANYWAY? ANYWAY? “ “ “ “ “ A set of programmed instructions stored in the A set of programmed instructions stored in the A set of programmed instructions stored in the A set of programmed instructions stored in the A set of programmed instructions stored in the memory of [...] computers for execution by the memory of [...] computers for execution by the memory of [...] computers for execution by the memory of [...] computers for execution by the memory of [...] computers for execution by the processor. processor. processor. processor. processor. #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
7. "THE BIRTH OF SOFTWARE": "THE BIRTH OF SOFTWARE": "THE BIRTH OF SOFTWARE": "THE BIRTH OF SOFTWARE": "THE BIRTH OF SOFTWARE": MANCHESTER BABY (1948) MANCHESTER BABY (1948) MANCHESTER BABY (1948) MANCHESTER BABY (1948) MANCHESTER BABY (1948) Picture by Ian Dunster and Racklever - Public Domain #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
8. own collection #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
9. APPLE II WITH VISICALC APPLE II WITH VISICALC APPLE II WITH VISICALC APPLE II WITH VISICALC APPLE II WITH VISICALC Vintage Computing — 30 Years of VisiCalc #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
10. SOFTWARE BECAME LESS COUPLED SOFTWARE BECAME LESS COUPLED SOFTWARE BECAME LESS COUPLED SOFTWARE BECAME LESS COUPLED SOFTWARE BECAME LESS COUPLED TO THE ACTUAL MACHINE TO THE ACTUAL MACHINE TO THE ACTUAL MACHINE TO THE ACTUAL MACHINE TO THE ACTUAL MACHINE #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
11. SOFTWARE CHANGES OUR PLANET... SOFTWARE CHANGES OUR PLANET... SOFTWARE CHANGES OUR PLANET... SOFTWARE CHANGES OUR PLANET... SOFTWARE CHANGES OUR PLANET... AND OTHERS! AND OTHERS! AND OTHERS! AND OTHERS! AND OTHERS! Credits: NASA/JPL-Caltech #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
12. WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE WHAT IS OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE? SOFTWARE? SOFTWARE? SOFTWARE? SOFTWARE? → Also known as free or libre software “ “ “ “ “ Open-source software is [...] released under a Open-source software is [...] released under a Open-source software is [...] released under a Open-source software is [...] released under a Open-source software is [...] released under a license in which the copyright holder grants license in which the copyright holder grants license in which the copyright holder grants license in which the copyright holder grants license in which the copyright holder grants users the rights to use, study, change, and users the rights to use, study, change, and users the rights to use, study, change, and users the rights to use, study, change, and users the rights to use, study, change, and distribute the software and its source code to distribute the software and its source code to distribute the software and its source code to distribute the software and its source code to distribute the software and its source code to anyone and for any purpose. anyone and for any purpose. anyone and for any purpose. anyone and for any purpose. anyone and for any purpose. #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
13. OPEN SOURCE, FREE, OPEN SOURCE, FREE, OPEN SOURCE, FREE, OPEN SOURCE, FREE, OPEN SOURCE, FREE, LIBRE?! LIBRE?! LIBRE?! LIBRE?! LIBRE?! FREE OR FREE FREE OR FREE FREE OR FREE FREE OR FREE FREE OR FREE #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
14. Source: @GithubProjects #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
15. Picture by dave_7 - CC BY-SA 2.0 #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
16. Picture by Peter Hamer - Public Domain #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
17. Picture by Sam Williams - Taken from the cover of the O'Reilly book "Free as in Freedom" #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
18. Picture by unknown photographer for linuxmag.com - CC BY-SA 3.0 #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
19. ONCE UPON A TIME... ONCE UPON A TIME... ONCE UPON A TIME... ONCE UPON A TIME... ONCE UPON A TIME... (Any resemblance to real persons or other real-life entities is purely coincidental.) #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
20. #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
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29. FIVE WAYS TO SLOW FIVE WAYS TO SLOW FIVE WAYS TO SLOW FIVE WAYS TO SLOW FIVE WAYS TO SLOW DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN DOWN ⚠ DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME OR AT ⚠ DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME OR AT ⚠ DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME OR AT ⚠ DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME OR AT ⚠ DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME OR AT WORK WORK WORK WORK WORK #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
30. ⚠ 1. TREAT COMMUNITY AS VENDOR ⚠ 1. TREAT COMMUNITY AS VENDOR ⚠ 1. TREAT COMMUNITY AS VENDOR ⚠ 1. TREAT COMMUNITY AS VENDOR ⚠ 1. TREAT COMMUNITY AS VENDOR Remember, it's free , after all! #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
31. ⚠ 2. JUST COPY AND ALTER THEIR ⚠ 2. JUST COPY AND ALTER THEIR ⚠ 2. JUST COPY AND ALTER THEIR ⚠ 2. JUST COPY AND ALTER THEIR ⚠ 2. JUST COPY AND ALTER THEIR CODE CODE CODE CODE CODE #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
32. ⚠ 3. WORK AROUND ISSUES ⚠ 3. WORK AROUND ISSUES ⚠ 3. WORK AROUND ISSUES ⚠ 3. WORK AROUND ISSUES ⚠ 3. WORK AROUND ISSUES #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
33. ⚠ 4. IT WORKS — DON'T TOUCH IT ⚠ 4. IT WORKS — DON'T TOUCH IT ⚠ 4. IT WORKS — DON'T TOUCH IT ⚠ 4. IT WORKS — DON'T TOUCH IT ⚠ 4. IT WORKS — DON'T TOUCH IT #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
34. ⚠ 5. FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL ⚠ 5. FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL ⚠ 5. FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL ⚠ 5. FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL ⚠ 5. FOLLOW THE TUTORIAL #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
35. SO, THEN WHAT...? SO, THEN WHAT...? SO, THEN WHAT...? SO, THEN WHAT...? SO, THEN WHAT...? #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
36. ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ COLLABORATE COLLABORATE COLLABORATE COLLABORATE COLLABORATE WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE WITH THE COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY COMMUNITY δ contribute buy #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
37. (Follow on Twitter!) @GeertjanW #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
38. ✅ USE ✅ USE ✅ USE ✅ USE ✅ USE DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT DEPENDENCY MANAGEMENT Even if it's not Apache Maven #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
39. ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ CONTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTE CONTRIBUTE: REPORT ISSUES, : REPORT ISSUES, : REPORT ISSUES, : REPORT ISSUES, : REPORT ISSUES, SUBMIT PATCHES SUBMIT PATCHES SUBMIT PATCHES SUBMIT PATCHES SUBMIT PATCHES report δ x, create, document test Bonus points for including a . minimum reproduction #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
40. ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW REVIEW: REVISIT CODE, UPDATE : REVISIT CODE, UPDATE : REVISIT CODE, UPDATE : REVISIT CODE, UPDATE : REVISIT CODE, UPDATE DEPENDENCIES DEPENDENCIES DEPENDENCIES DEPENDENCIES DEPENDENCIES ... and automate the h*ck out of it with Renovate, Dependabot or what not. #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
41. ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ ✅ UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND THE PRODUCT THE PRODUCT THE PRODUCT THE PRODUCT THE PRODUCT YOU'RE USING YOU'RE USING YOU'RE USING YOU'RE USING YOU'RE USING Yes, actually read that ne manual! #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
42. WRAPPING UP WRAPPING UP WRAPPING UP WRAPPING UP WRAPPING UP #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
43. Picture by wyke2207 #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
44. Picture by Jan Derk Remmers - CC BY-SA 4.0 #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)
45. 1. ✅ Collaborate with the community 2. ✅ Use dependency management 3. ✅ Contribute: report issues, submit patches 4. ✅ Review: revisit code, update dependencies 5. ✅ Understand the product you're using DON'T ASK WHAT OPEN SOURCE CAN DO FOR YOU — ASK WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR OPEN SOURCE! #OpenSourceSlowDown Maarten Mulders (@mthmulders)