... spent almost two years building an e-commerce platform, and we're now facing a decision that I think many founders eventually run into. Do we keep it closed-source and build a hosted SaaS business around it, or open-source

... open-sourced RexaDB We open-sourced

... Over the past year, we've worked with a small apparel sourcing company based in Bangladesh called Dressource for several custom garment orders. I wanted to share our experience because I couldn't find many independent discussions before we started working with them. What went well: Communication was generally fast through WhatsApp and email. They were able to source

... tool for gesture recognition pipelines like Gesto, making it easier to collect, label, and export hand landmark data for training models. I'm at a fork in the road on direction, and I'd love your input: 1. Open source it release it freely (currently GPL-3.0), let the community use it, contribute, and shape where it goes. 2. Build a paid/commercial version invest in polish, support, and features, and offer it as a proper product. A few things ... ... weighing: Open source

... ChatGPT. You win everywhere. The data says otherwise. A 7-month analysis of citation behavior across ChatGPT, ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, and Claude found that every major AI engine has a persistent source preference . Not just a trend. A consistent editorial identity that holds month after month. The breakdown of editorial identities : ChatGPT Search is encyclopedic. It favors Wikipedia for Education, Recommendations, Comparison, and Purchase queries. If your content reads like a reference section ... ... across every single intent in the dataset. It is the most consistent YouTube-first engine. Claude bypasses the social and encyclopedic layers entirely. In early 2026 data, it never surfaced YouTube, Wikipedia, or Reddit. It goes straight to primary sources

... obvious ones that solve life's little tech-based niggles. Comment from Gurpreet Singh(@gurpreet_singh89): Mine would be: ChatGPT brainstorming, writing, research, and problem-solving. Claude long-form analysis and refining ideas. Perplexity quick research with source-backed answers. VS

... access. People are right to be cautious before installing something like this. The strongest signal I get from people on the fence is the same every time: "is this safe? what is the binary actually doing?" Open sourcing the code answers that question forever. No more screenshots of code reviews. No more "trust me." Just the source

... plays a significant role in how products appear in Google search results. What surprised us was that AI assistants like ChatGPT were rarely citing Product Hunt in product recommendations. AI assistants such as ChatGPT and Gemini rely on reviews, alternative lists, and structured product information gathered across the web. Product Hunt is strong across all three. In theory, this should make Product Hunt a natural source

... Today we re open-sourcing the core memory engine behind @Mnexium AI : CORE-MNX. GItHub NPM For us, this is a product decision and a philosophy decision. Memory infrastructure is becoming foundational for serious AI products, and we believe the core layer should be transparent, inspectable, and extensible by the teams building on top of it. What we open-sourced

... Planning to open source Voiden ( https://voiden.md/ ) soon. This isn t a maybe someday idea anymore, it s a deliberate step we want to take in the coming weeks. We started Voiden as a tool we wanted for ourselves: a minimal, offline-first API client that works with plain text, no accounts, no cloud sync, no SaaS gravity. Just something that respects how developers already work. Open sourcing

... beginner. We have incredible models, but when it comes to long-term interaction with a human, they re basically goldfish. Today, I m excited to share something I ve been building to fix that: GetProfile is now open source a drop-in LLM proxy that gives your AI agents user profiles and long-term memory. It s Apache-2.0 licensed, self-hostable, and designed to slot into existing OpenAI-style stacks with minimal changes. Why another memory layer ... ... thing became: They didn t just want profiles over there in some API . They wanted their AI agents to "actively use" those profiles in every conversation. So I rebuilt GetProfile as an LLM proxy and made it open source

... everyone, I ve been thinking a lot lately about how e-commerce has evolved, and honestly, how much it hasn t. Over the past 10 years, dropshipping has exploded. Thousands of people have built Shopify stores, sourcing products from platforms like Alibaba, Aliexpress, DSers, and so on. The model looked simple find a trending product, run some ads, and start making money. But let s be real: only a small percentage actually make it. The Harsh Truth About Dropshipping ... ... more I observed, the more I realized the problem isn t with the idea it s with the mechanics of the model itself. Everyone is selling the same products from the same sources

... Product Hunt fam! I m preparing to open source a project I ve been working on privately for a while. It's now production-ready and has real-world impact, but I want to make sure I do it right, not just dump it into GitHub and hope for the best. I m looking for your battle-tested frameworks and lessons learned: What s one thing you wish you had done differently when making your repo public? What made your ... ... definitely include before launching? Did you use templates, bots, GitHub Actions, or community rituals that helped? How do you avoid just having a ghost town of a repo? If you ve had success (or even failures) with open-sourcing

... seeing growing interest in our product people visit, explore the homepage, even watch the demo. But most stop short of signing up or engaging with the core features. We re considering open-sourcing the core product and keeping advanced capabilities (like customization, automation, database support) as paid upgrades. The idea is to remove the try before trust barrier and build credibility through transparency. We ve seen some platforms go this route and it seems to work. But we re curious ... ... anyone here tried this model? Does open-sourcing

... everyone! Open source has become a big and important approach, helping developers, startups, and communities build incredible tools together. But open-sourcing