Russell Open Sources Remarkbox & MakePostSell into Public Domain!
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:author: Russell Ballestrini
:slug: russell-open-sources-remarkbox-and-make-post-sell-into-public-domain
:date: 2021-12-23 12:08
:tags: Project, Python, AWS
:status: published

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Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays, Everyone!

My wife prompts students with this fun holiday writing idea:

    **"If you could gift the world anything, what would it be?"**

I love to read responses in the comments!

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**As for me, I have wonderful news, my dream gift to the world will come true this year!**

For the holiday season, I AM gifting to the public domain my most essential code in hopes to trigger a **positive trend of doing in 2022**!

    **"in 2022, dream & do!"**

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Each project has a link to guide on how to access the source code.

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* https://git.unturf.com/engineering/remarkbox/remarkbox

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* https://git.unturf.com/engineering/make-post-sell/make_post_sell

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In 2021, I imagined many possible paths, yet all seemed to lead to one word:

**OPEN**

I will continue to operate the SaaS under Remarkbox and MakePostSell trademarks & operations will fall under ``unturf.``

I will take an additional role of ``BDFL`` in regards to:

* onboarding volunteers to maintain our ``common code`` in perpetuity
* tie breaking

It feels vulnerable to share code without team support. Think from end & this feeling will pass.

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**Risk:**

Alice may finally read the code & find vulnerabilities, 
burning a hole between us crippling our communication, taking down the system.

**Solution:**

More environments in wild, more eyes on problems, more options communicated.

**Risk:**

The masses may fork & divide the perfect circle.

**Solution:**

We volunteer to grow & multiply our systems, not worry about forks.
We avoid focus on those who ignorantly mutilate or divide, 
instead focus on projects and forks which sprout, multiply, & thrive!

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At a high level the ``unturf.`` stack currently consists of the following:

* HTML
* CSS
* `Python <https://www.python.org/>`_
* `SQLAlchemy <https://www.sqlalchemy.org/>`_
* `Sqlite3 <https://sqlite.org/index.html>`_
* `Pyramid <https://docs.pylonsproject.org/projects/pyramid/en/latest/index.html>`_
* `uWSGI <https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/>`_
* `Nginx <https://nginx.org/en/>`_
* `Postfix <http://www.postfix.org/documentation.html>`_
* `Let's Encrypt <https://letsencrypt.org/>`_
* `Object Store (Boto3/S3 Compatible) <https://boto3.amazonaws.com/v1/documentation/api/latest/reference/services/s3.html>`_ 

And of course we dogfood:

* `Remarkbox <https://www.remarkbox.com>`_
* `MakePostSell <https://www.makepostsell.com>`_

For analytics we self host our own:

* `Plausible <https://plausible.io>`_

If the documentation works, people should be able to use the services without understanding the fundementals of each keyword listed above.

Pull requests welcome.

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The writing of this essay has unfolded liberation in me and so, 
I speak words in favor of Truth, Freedom, and Love.

I AM now free to Grow, Explore, Document, and Multiply!

I love you, have a great day reader!

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