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The Journey has begun: Meet the 1,142 Contributors for GSoC 2026, applications stats and what’s next 🧑‍💻✨ ➡️ Read the full announcement here: goo.gle/gsoc-2026-cont… #GoogleSummerOfCode #OpenSource #GSoC2026

It can be hard to leave open source work at work. How do you find balance and hope in your communities? Google OSPO lead amanda casari explores this in her PyCon US keynote. The conference starts May 13. Read her thoughts: pycon.blogspot.com/2026/05/asking…

We are back 🎉 In This episode we speak to Amie Wei Sr. Solutions Engineer at HashiCorp and the winner of last year’s GKE Turns 10 Hackathon 🎉 📃 kubernetespodcast.com/episode/265-gk… 🔊 kubernetespodcast.com/subscribe

"Supporting open-source repositories has become a mission-critical issue for everyone in the software business. Until recently, however, it's been invisible. We no longer have the luxury of assuming volunteers will keep the doors of open-source code libraries open. These sites must have our support, or we're all going to be in trouble developing, building, and running the programs our companies need to keep the lights on." Great article from @sjvn @ZDNET on the new Package Registry Working Group news today. Read more: zdnet.com/article/open-s…

Who are some of your favorite maintainers that you'd like to celebrate this month? It is more than okay to say your own name. 😅

This week on #ObservableFlutter, LeanCode's Head of Mobile @matiwojt joins the stream to discuss what's new in Flutter integration tests with Patrol 4.0 and Marionette MCP. Tune in live tomorrow at 9am PT → goo.gle/4u0cCJu

Are you currently hiring for a role that includes using Node.js? Reply with a link to the opening and any relevant context. If you're not, we'd appreciate a repost for visibility 💚

There are plenty of AI benchmarks, but Android Bench is designed by Android specifically for our ecosystem. We just refreshed the leaderboard with new models and updated scores to show how their Android knowledge measures up. Full leaderboard → goo.gle/4f03S11

We're proud to support #MaintainerMonth by offering 15% off our summit at RenderATL for open source maintainers! Check it out at maintainermonth.github.com. See you there 💚

Google has granted 5 slots in GSoC-2026 to JdeRobot for developing open source projects on Robotics and AI summerofcode.withgoogle.com/programs/2026/… 🚀. Thank you @GoogleOSS for your confidence and support😀. Congratulations to the selected candidates and welcome to your developer community!

Thrilled to announce that the @jenkinsci project has been allotted 5 slots in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2026 program - @GoogleOSS. If you are interested to learn more about the 5 selected projects: jenkins.io/blog/2026/05/0…

@GoogleDeepMind @GoogleOSS renamed a .ts file to .mp3 and uploaded it to an AI service. our extension caught it. Magika: "that's TypeScript. 99.99% confidence." file extensions are costumes. bytes don't lie.

It's the last day of #A2April 🚀 A2A's home in the Linux Foundation means it's built openly by design. We love seeing @OpenAtMicrosoft adopt this open protocol. What are you building with open standards today? Share your projects below! 👇 techcommunity.microsoft.com/blog/copilot-s…

🚀 Here we go again! #Google and #Kaggle are officially relaunching the FREE AI Agents Intensive course 🥳 🗓️ June 15–19, 2026 💡 5 Days. 100% Free. New format with foundational whitepapers, hands-on code labs, live expert Q&As, a Discord community learning alongside you, and a capstone project so you walk away with a real, working build 🛠️ ✅ "Vibe Coding" Workflows: Just describe what you want, and the agents build it. No need to write code from scratch! 🙂 ✅ Scalable & High-Quality: Brand new content focused on building AI agents that are robust, reliable, and ready for the real world 🤖 ✅ Enterprise-Ready: A massive new emphasis on graduating your local agents into governed, scalable, and observable 🔭 👇 Find all the details and grab your spot 👉 lnkd.in/d6j83-xq #Google #Courses #TechEducation

Explore the dart_mcp package, a powerful framework for building Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and clients in Dart, enabling you to connect AI models to resources, tools, and create custom workflows.

📣📢 Calling all Android and Chrome bug hunters 🧑‍💻🔎! We're updating our Android & Chrome VRP programs to ensure we can continue to reward the most challenging and impactful vulnerabilities researchers find in our products. For details, 👇 bughunters.google.com/blog/evolving-…

Gemini CLI v0.40.0 Release Notes📝 • New tiered memory system 🧠 • Automatic skills generated based on past sessions 🛠️ • Gemma support for local routing 💎 • Streamlined UI with compact tools and topics 💭 Checkout all the details below 👇

The foundation of everything. 🐧 Explore the core of the kernel at #OSSummit India, Mumbai 16-17 June. Our #Linux track features deep technical dives for developers & maintainers. 📅 Linux Track: bit.ly/4tsH3HD 🗓️ Full Schedule: bit.ly/4ea2qJ2 🎟️ Register: bit.ly/3Q0Z3Ko

@dvirsegev Yes, and that's more than the average developer. How can the open source ecosystem encourage people to be a bigger part of it?

One of the most annoying things when interviewing SWE candidates: Candidate: "I contributed to open source" Reality: added some comments and fixed tests 😑

Join us in Seoul for #OSSummit Korea! 🇰🇷 Secure your pass for Aug 11-12 and save ₩220,000 when you register by June 16. Join the global community of #OpenSource innovators. Register: bit.ly/4sNbTK1