Discussion: What open source tools make up your developer stack?

[Cornelius]

I would like to discuss and propose this to be written as a blog(Anyone up for it can write it). Could be a series of blogs if we want to dig more into them. 

I would like to see a practical open source options available for software development from the local setup to production ready systems.

The idea here is to make it beginner-friendly for people who may not be familiar with open source alternatives.

Some areas we may want to cover can include:

• Code editors and IDEs
• Development tools and workflows (Git, package managers, debugging)
• Containerization (Docker, Podman - when and why to use each)
• Databases and storage options
• Deployment strategies (VPS, self-hosting, CI/CD)
• Monitoring and observability
• Optional advanced topics like systems tooling (e.g., eBPF)

We can also frame this around real scenarios. For example:

“If I want to build a production-ready project using only open source tools, what would my stack look like?”

The idea is to keep it practical, and maybe we can have a simple project walkthrough we might do.

What do you think? 

[ERICK NDETO]

i'll work on development tools and workflows section.

[Cornelius]

Hello Erick, could you please tell more? We can create a hackmd page and start a proposed draft maybe? Will share later today(if you still active you can do that)

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[Benson Muite]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2026, at 12:08 AM, Cornelius wrote:
> Hello Erick, could you please tell more? We can create a hackmd page and
> start a proposed draft maybe? Will share later today(if you still active
> you can do that)
>
> On Thu, Apr 9, 2026, 11:44 PM ERICK NDETO <erickn...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> i'll work on development tools and workflows section.

This is great.

>>
>> On Thursday, April 9, 2026 at 12:10:55 PM UTC+3 corneliu...@gmail.com
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I would like to discuss and propose this to be written as a blog(Anyone
>>> up for it can write it). Could be a series of blogs if we want to dig more
>>> into them.
>>>
>>> I would like to see a practical open source options available for
>>> software development from the local setup to production ready systems.
>>> The idea here is to make it beginner-friendly for people who may not be
>>> familiar with open source alternatives.
>>>
>>> Some areas we may want to cover can include:
>>>

>>> - Code editors and IDEs
>>> - Development tools and workflows (Git, package managers, debugging)
>>> - Containerization (Docker, Podman - when and why to use each)
>>> - Databases and storage options
>>> - Deployment strategies (VPS, self-hosting, CI/CD)
>>> - Monitoring and observability
>>> - Optional advanced topics like systems tooling (e.g., eBPF)
>>>

This is a nice idea. Will contribute a short overview of email clients, though not just
for developers.

>>> We can also frame this around real scenarios. For example:
>>>
>>> “If I want to build a production-ready project using only open source
>>> tools, what would my stack look like?”
>>>
>>> The idea is to keep it practical, and maybe we can have a simple project
>>> walkthrough we might do.

Demos/hands on sessions are good. Maybe some could be done online?
This may make attendance from a broader set of people easier.

>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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