https://omaciel.github.io/tags/open-source/Recent content in Open-Source on Og Maciel's JournalHugoen-usThu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://omaciel.github.io/posts/2026-01-08-built-to-last/Thu, 08 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://omaciel.github.io/posts/2026-01-08-built-to-last/<h1 id="built-to-last">Built To Last</h1> <h2 id="on-learning-by-building-lowering-the-bar-to-entry-and-the-quiet-legacy-of-useful-work">On learning by building, lowering the bar to entry, and the quiet legacy of useful work</h2> <p><img src="https://omaciel.github.io/images/built-to-last-01.png" alt="Illustration generated using AI image tools, prompted and directed by the author.">Built To Last</p> <p>From the very beginning, when I first got my first computer—around the age of 11 or 12—I felt inclined toward building things that were helpful and useful to others. Like many of my friends who eventually went into the computer industry and became software engineers, it all started with games. The thrill of writing your own game—something other people could use and that you could show off to your friends—was incredibly exciting to me.</p>https://omaciel.github.io/posts/2025-12-23-nineteen-years-ago-i-shipped-a-reminder/Tue, 23 Dec 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://omaciel.github.io/posts/2025-12-23-nineteen-years-ago-i-shipped-a-reminder/<h1 id="nineteen-years-ago-i-shipped-a-reminder">Nineteen Years Ago, I Shipped a Reminder</h1> <h3 id="how-billreminder-glade-and-a-stubborn-love-of-simplification-shaped-my-early-years-in-open-source">How BillReminder, Glade, and a stubborn love of simplification shaped my early years in open source.</h3> <p><img src="https://omaciel.github.io/images/nineteen-years-ago-i-shipped-a-reminder-image-1.heic" alt="">BillReminder screens</p> <p>I recently wrote about some of the reasons <em><a href="https://ogmaciel.substack.com/p/tracing-the-edges-of-my-ikigai">why</a></em> I do <a href="https://ogmaciel.substack.com/p/tracing-the-edges-of-my-ikigai-what">what</a> I do, especially when it comes to the professional path I’ve taken. It started long before software, back when I wanted to be a scientist—working in genetic recombination and gene therapy, trying to help people overcome genetic conditions as early as possible, ideally before they ever had to live with the consequences of them.</p>