New blog entry: Open Source Tools for Open Source Hardware
https://mjmair.com/blog/2026/open-source-tools-for-open-source-hardware

Ready about my new-ish project (about 2 months old now). Direct link to the project https://beta.mid-size.org/

#openhardware #opensource #inventree #awesomelists

Matthias J Mair - Open Source Tools for Open Source Hardware

The Tradeoff Between Breadth and Depth in Curated Resources

An analysis of the tradeoff between breadth and depth in curated resources, explaining how incentives, scale, and purpose shape their structure and long-term usefulness.

Brandon Himpfen

How to Contribute to Awesome Lists (and What Makes a Good Contribution) https://www.himpfen.com/how-to-contribute-to-awesome-lists/

#awesomelists #opensource #github

How to Contribute to Awesome Lists (and What Makes a Good Contribution)

A practical look at how Awesome Lists work, why contributions are reviewed carefully, and what signals maintainers consider when deciding whether to accept a new resource.

Brandon Himpfen
Why Awesome Lists Still Matter in an AI-First Web

An analytical exploration of why curated Awesome Lists remain essential in an AI first web, focusing on structure, incentives, credibility, and the long term role of human judgment in knowledge systems.

Brandon Himpfen
How Awesome Learn Complements Awesome Lists

An analysis of how Awesome Learn complements Awesome Lists by separating discovery from understanding, and why this layered approach supports clarity, credibility, and sustainable open knowledge.

Brandon Himpfen
Why I Treat Curation as Infrastructure, Not Content

Why I treat curation as infrastructure, not content. An essay on Awesome Lists, editorial judgment, maintenance, and building durable public reference points in an Internet shaped by noise, algorithms, and information overload.

Brandon Himpfen
The Awesome Lists Roadmap: Current Scope and What’s Ahead

A clear roadmap for the Awesome Lists project outlining its current scope, category structure, and planned expansions across AI, data, engineering, sustainability, and more, with a forward-looking view of what’s ahead.

Brandon Himpfen
Introducing Awesome Learn: A Clearer, Calmer Way to Learn Anything

Awesome Learn is a new open-source project offering structured, minimal, and curated learning paths across technology, digital skills, and more. A clearer, calmer way to learn—beginner to advanced, with high-quality guidance and zero overwhelm.

Brandon Himpfen

...and somehow I managed to list a bunch of awesome this-and-that resources *without* mentioning **LibHunt**:
https://www.libhunt.com/about

LibHunt claims to monitor everything posted on Reddit, Hacker News, and Dev.to, almost in real time.
When an open-source repo gets mentioned, it’s tracked and indexed to build lists of *popular* and *similar* projects.

Basically, it’s like a community-powered radar for open source.

They even run a network of sub-sites focused on popular programming languages:
🦀 Rust → https://rust.libhunt.com/
🐍 Python → https://python.libhunt.com/
💻 C++ → https://cpp.libhunt.com/
⚙️ .NET → https://dotnet.libhunt.com/
...and plenty more.

#AwesomeLists #FOSS #OpenSource #Rust #Python #DotNet #LibHunt #YahooThings #FediverseKnowHow

About LibHunt | LibHunt

Mostly a note for myself, but he best starting point is probably the *awesome list of awesome lists* and its companion, the *Ranked Awesome Lists* project:

📚 sindresorhus/awesome → https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome
📊 Ranked Awesome Lists → https://awesomerank.github.io/

Both are great jumping-off points.

#YahooThings #FediverseKnowHow #AwesomeLists #FOSS #OpenSource

GitHub - sindresorhus/awesome: 😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics

😎 Awesome lists about all kinds of interesting topics - sindresorhus/awesome

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