Building real things.
In the open. Together.
Big Open Source is the home for builders who care about open source. Real tools tested under real conditions. Real projects built from zero. A community that ships, not just scrolls.
Not easy. Not polished. Real.
THE OPEN SOURCE SHOW
Live weekly on YouTube.
A live workshop with the garage door open, where projects have consequences, tools get stress-tested, and opinions are backed by actual experience.
Why this exists
Builders deserve better than "build X in 10 minutes."
The open source content landscape is saturated with surface-level coverage. New frameworks get announced, dozens of creators race to publish tutorials, and nobody comes back six months later to show whether it actually worked.
Builders need honest assessments from someone who has used the tools under real conditions: the debugging sessions, the dependency conflicts, the moments where something popular turns out to be a poor fit. A source they can trust to say "this is not ready" when that is the truth.
Principles
How we operate.
Continuity over novelty
We return to projects. We show what broke. We refactor. We maintain.
Honesty over hype
We say when something isn't ready. We recommend the less trendy option if it works better.
Building over talking
The work is the content. The contrast with surface-level content will be self-evident through what we ship.
Practical over theoretical
Every decision filtered through: what does this mean for someone shipping this week?
Community over audience
We're building a group of people who build together, not a passive viewership.
For the builders
Build alongside us.
The show and the project directory are free. The Builder Group is for people who want deeper involvement: community, early access to upcoming projects, and priority on getting your own work featured.
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