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.

Thanks to Hassan.

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! ️

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! ️

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! ️

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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

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

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

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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!