The Importance of Open Source
I started learning to code when most things were closed source; at least they were to me. There was no Github and the internet wasn’t something I could effortlessly access. Nothing like today. I had to try hard to create something, and I was taught to never reveal my secret once I’ve created it, since it was my intellectual property and my road to success. How wrong I was. Even the best programmers make mistakes, and they can’t know everything. Creating software isn’t possible without collaboration, brainstorming and different skills. One person can not know all. And it’s not everyday that y