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mrahmadawaison Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99

I truly hope this happens, can't wait to see the amazing impact it will have in our lives.

mrahmadawaison Launch HN: Resend (YC W23) – Email API for developers using React

I'm truly excited about Resend and the innovative approach it brings to email sending. Zeno, your vision for a developer-first email platform is refreshing and much needed in the market.

I believe Resend has immense potential to disrupt the email sending space and become the go-to platform for developers and businesses alike.

Love the fantastic design! Congrats on the launch.

mrahmadawaison Substack Notes Launched

Perfect way to grow Substack. Didn't see this coming.

mrahmadawaison Buy hi-resolution satellite images of any place on earth

Oh what has the world come to. This is amazing.

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Thanks to Hassan.

mrahmadawaison Next.js 12

Excellent decision!

mrahmadawaison MongoDB switches up its open source license

As an open source dev, I think the new SSPL license of @MongoDB is interesting. SaaS is the new black nowadays, I have seen too many companies burnt down trying to support their OSS licensing with SaaS taking all the benefit. SSPL can help #OpenSource.

I also think that SSPL can be very helpful if you want to open source your SaaS. Most of the startups that I consult with are not interested in open sourcing their actual SaaS software since they fear being ripped off.

So, what happens is that they end up not taking the benefit of open source. With SSPL these SaaS companies will be able to open source their SaaS is software to manage SaaS — without the fear of being misused by competition.

If the competition just takes their free software and makes money with SaaS that hurts them instead of helping them since you can't make sure that other SaaS players will actually contribute back to the software.

With SSPL, we get a safety net — companies either won't use it as a SaaS, will pay to use it as a SaaS i.e. they'll help pay for open source software support which is a very good business model and if not that, then they'll have to open source their SaaS as well.

As a non-lawyer developer, it feels like GPL. GPL code that you fork should remain GPL. Similarly, if SSPL code you use as a SaaS then you should keep your SaaS as SSPL and open source it as well.

Peace! ️

mrahmadawaison Microsoft Is Said to Have Agreed to Acquire GitHub

I am a [full-time open source developer](https://github.com/ahmadawais) working as a core developer of WordPress contributed to every single major version for the last couple of years.

I am also well versed in JavaScript/Node.js ecosystem and have a deep interest in DevOps, Cloud, and the new serverless tech. I care very deeply about Developer Experience and most of my open source work is related to dev-tooling.

Now that you know this about me, it's easier for you understand why I am writing this post, and maybe why I think my opinion matters. Below is a copy-paste from the Twitter thread that I created on this topic:

1️⃣ @Microsoft is about to acquire @GitHub. A lot of folks are skeptical. But I have a different view. Many of you know I am building a course on VSCode.pro for that, I've seen firsthand, how 🆚@Code repo is one of the best #OpenSource repos out there

2️⃣— Once I created a GitHub issue at 🆚@Code repo for markdown and I was impressed by how vscodebot auto-assigned @MattBierner (who works on Markdown of VSCode) to the issue and then @tonybrix from MarkedJS helped me out. It was best GitHub automation WITH results ever!

3️⃣— Don't "@" me coz I know about @Microsoft's history with #OpenSource. I am a full-time open sourcerer and I can't sit here quiet instead of supporting what looks like the new @Microsoft — @SatyaNadella's moving the company from @Windows dependant to in-house @Linux dev

4️⃣— Every other day I find/meet people working at @Microsoft using Linux/Mac based devices — even bought by the company for them. Guess what? 1,000 MSFT Employees pushing open source code on GitHub. This is a BIG 🆕 change. Taking it lightly in 2018 would be tomfoolery.

5️⃣— I've been most inspired by teams behind 🆚@Code (@auchenberg ) and @Azure — I think that @JeffSand has built an incredible team of @AzureAdvocates folks like @ashleymcnamara @sarah_edo @jawache @burkeholland @simona_cotin @_clarkio @John_Papa @holtbt @film_girl @TommyLee

6️⃣—I'm a big fan of "Dev Experience" (DX) that's why I pay $200 for a font I use in 🆚Code & have built s of #OpenSource dev-tooling github.com/ahmadawais—Teams at @Azure are doing a lot to make DX better for the cloud → @AzureFunctions + @Code integration is impressive!

7️⃣— GitHub's been struggling to find a new CEO for a year. What if? It's my primary code hosting company. It's helped me go full-time open source with the support from awesome dev community/companies. Safe to say that @GitHub has made #OpenSource better

8️⃣— @Microsoft has done a lot for #OpenSource in the last 4 years with @SatyaNadella.

🆚 @Code's love. @Linux Subsystem on @Windows. Draft.sh for @kubernetesio didn't have a Windows version and still offers @MacHomebrew as the go-to way of installing it!

9️⃣—@GitHub is not exactly a cash-cow. @Microsoft has put money where their mouth is — out of 1.5 Million organizations on GitHub MSFT has most GitHub contributors to its repos, it's the biggest company with over 1000 employees contributing code to GitHub →proof of good faith!

— I think @Microsoft is changing for good. The intent here's to connect with developers and not offend them by disrupting a good company. MSFT won't change a lot but this acquisition might make GitHub a lot better. Also, MSFT will jump into ROR. It's high time for #OpenSource.

What are your thoughts on this whole thing?! Peace! ️

mrahmadawaison Sneak-Peek of a WordPress AI #ArtificialIntelligence Project

Hey, folks!

I'm Ahmad Awais — A regular WordPress Core Dev Contributor. I build lots and lots of Free and Open Source Software projects and share at https://github.com/ahmadawais. This is one of my latest projects, currently a work in progress.

I've been working on this cool little project for WordPress, a sort of an Artificial Intelligence based on Microsoft Azure, ️ MongoDB Atlas, and a bunch of other services that helps me automate lots of silly things for my WordPress website.

YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/Dv_qJhn8KM4

Sneak-peek of a @WordPress AI #ArtificialIntelligence project I've been working on.

Cognitive Services APIs

Microsoft @Azure

️ @MongoDB Atlas

Automation FTW

→ Ask Me Anything!

Peace! ️

mrahmadawaison Introducing – Create Guten Block Toolkit

Hey, folks!

Super excited to launch — `create-guten-block` — Easily one of my best open source software.

   A zero-config #0CJS dev-toolkit for building #WordPress #Gutenberg block plugins.

 Blogpost → https://AhmdA.ws/CreateGutenBlock_ 
 GitHub → https://AhmdA.ws/CreateGutenBlock

ONE sane defaults dependency!

️ Develop Blocks Build Production code Eject whenever — NO LOCK IN!

Star the GitHub Repo → https://AhmdA.ws/CreateGutenBlock

mrahmadawaison WPCouple Interviewed the React.js Team at Facebook About WordPress and Gutenberg

Thanks for the submission.

mrahmadawaison Relicensing the GraphQL specification

Group Admin Thanks for sharing man. It's a good news. I am not sure about this license. How does it compare to MIT?

mrahmadawaison Facebook Dropping React Patent Clause

Co-founder of WordPress, Matt Mullenweg, whose stance and the discussions inside the community — apparently caused Facebook to relicense React under MIT — wrote a post about their decision.

He thinks that now React could be an officially-supported option as well.

— Discussion on GitHub: https://github.com/wordpress/gutenberg/issues/2733 — Poll on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrAhmadAwais/status/908551927264305152 — Another Poll on Twitter about Facebook's Decision: https://twitter.com/MrAhmadAwais/status/911591226180341761

Cheers!

mrahmadawaison Vultr introduces $2.50/month plan

They have really stepped up their game. Love the free upgrades.

mrahmadawaison Startup Button

@ryanheybourn This is a better way to get people! I wasn't interested in the bookmark but an ext maybe!

mrahmadawaison Ask HN: Why does GitHub have a black bar?

It looks pretty odd to me too.

mrahmadawaison Show HN: I just hit my 500th TIL

Nice!

mrahmadawaison Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

I incredibly hate this move by GitHub. I am using Chrome's Styler extension to get back good old Helvetica. There should be an opt-out from this font stack at GitHub.

Screenshot: http://cloud.ahmda.ws/UHjO9GC

mrahmadawaison This Part of My Life Is Called … WordPress

This is a story about how I fell in love with WordPress (and web) even after being misguided towards the career-path of Electrical Engineering and that of a jack of all trades, but WordPress community was where I found my true self.

mrahmadawaison Do WordPress End Users Really Need Page Builders?

Have you ever seen a common WordPress end user taking part in conversations over stack exchange where developers ask development related questions? Or have you ever seen a layman who cannot design, who doesn’t know a thing about aesthetics, sharing shots at Dribbble? I am pretty sure your answer is NO! Read on!