I’m a Libre Software Craftsman.
My name is Kevin Ottens and I live in France. In general, I love to learn new things regularly which can be technical or about soft skills. Because of that depending who you talk to, you can get a very different picture:
But really even in the different facets above, I always feel like there’s more to learn and more progress to be made. In fact I’m just a mere explorer.
If you want more exhaustive and professional information, you can also download my formal resume.
Let’s go for my web review for the week 2025-50.
Tags: tech, foss, licensing, community, commons
Nice little post, indeed the license is not enough to base a decision on. You need to look at the business, presence of CLA or not, etc.
https://garagehq.deuxfleurs.fr/blog/2025-commoning-opensource/
Tags: tech, ai, gpt, politics, philosophy, life, knowledge
I think I prefer friction as well. It’s not about choosing discomfort all the time, but there’s clearly a threshold not to cross. If things get too convenient there’s a point where we get disconnected from the human condition indeed. I prefer a fuller and imperfect life.
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