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Explore our blog, where we share insights, tips, and best practices for Open Source. Learn from our experts on topics such as Open Source project management, security, community engagement, privacy and more. Let our knowledge help you nurture your Open Source success.

Climbing the AI Mountain

I’ve been working on integrating LLM (Large Language Model) functionality into our platform, and learning a lot along the way…often at the cost of sleep. The journey has been filled with valuable lessons and amusing moments. As many organizations strive to enable similar functionalities, I hope sharing my lessons learned and discussing some of the considerations for implementation will be beneficial and entertaining.

One funny lesson involved my first attempt to add a PDF copy of Frankenstein to be referenced by a locally hosted LLM to question on the PDF (using Retrieval-Augmented Generation setup that I will go into more detail farther in this post). 

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The Importance of Open Standards in Open Source

Open standards form the backbone of the tech landscape, ensuring diverse systems and platforms work together consistently and seamlessly. In Open Source, integrating standards is like combining chocolate and peanut butter—two great things that are even better together.

Open Source projects thrive when they adopt and contribute to standards. These standards ensure different software components work together, providing the interoperability and stability vital to critical applications where quality, safety, and trust are essential.

Image generated by OpenAI’s DALL-E 3 model

Making Strides in Open Source Governance

Ever wonder how Open Source can revolutionize your organization? Open Source software drives innovation and collaboration in today’s digital world. Effective management of Open Source is crucial, and that’s where the OSPO Alliance steps in—providing guidance and solutions for organizations of all sizes and sectors.

 

Man walking by fence. Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash

Measuring Impact

We all want to help people and improve the world around us. We come up with new ideas to make things better and bravely launch them. But how do we know if we’ve succeeded? We must measure the impact of our projects to assess whether we are achieving the desired outcomes. But what exactly does that mean, and how do you do it?

In this blog post, we will explore some tips on how to create and carry out effective impact measurements. We’ll talk about what project impact indicators are, and how impacts can be measured using different types of data.

wave impacting ice on a sandy shore

Privacy Changes for January 2024

Leadingbit Solutions deeply values the privacy of personal information. When we see changes to laws in different jurisdictions or change our privacy statement, we want to make sure that we highlight these updates to those who visit our sites.

We carefully monitor new privacy legislation. Most recently, Utah’s Consumer Privacy Act went into effect at the end of December. This law protects the following rights of the citizens of the State of Utah.

Private by Thomas Dewey on Unsplash (small)
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