Jesse Casman

@jcasman.bsky.social

Open source user and enthusiast, president of Oppkey, Silicon Valley-based developer relations firm

I need to tell you about a pencil. This is the guts of a Kokuyo Enpitsu Sharp. It doesn't have an eraser top. Instead there's a hole to feed leads straight into it. Note the small lip; this will be important later. (1/4ish)

A mechanical pencil's guts with the nose, clear lead tube, and knock visible. A spare lead is inside,

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Open source is being incorporated more into Japanese corporate strategy - Article focuses on Hitachi and their OSS Solution Center with technologies like KeyCloak (identity management) - If you're in open source, I'd love to hear your opinion - dzone.com/articles/jap...

Japan’s Open-Source Culture and Rapid Change in Companies

Japanese companies are gradually beginning to incorporate open-source software into corporate strategies, moving beyond just mere software contributions.

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