Jack Reichert

Fullstack Philosopher

Tag: Open Source

  • Dignity in Tech

    Dignity in Tech

    In my senior year of high school I taught myself HTML. That was right after HTML4 came out, and it made more complicated web designs possible. I had to lay out images using tables, but I could still do it. I was learning Pascal in school and took to coding like a dog to a…

  • Open Source: To Use Or Not To Use (And How To Choose)

    Open Source: To Use Or Not To Use (And How To Choose)

    Originally published on forbes.com. You’d like to use open source software, but you’re not sure what criteria you should use when deciding whether to rely on it for a specific project or not. I have a long, complicated history with open source software. I use open source libraries every day in my work, and I’ve…