Open source is free. Operating it in production isn’t.
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Open-source software has become insanely good. Today, a small team can self-host tools for automation, analytics, customer support, monitoring, internal dashboards, databases, and collaboration without paying enterprise SaaS prices. That part is amazing. The problem usually starts after the first:…
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- 2026-09-26 21:07 · DEV Community — AI
Open source is free. Operating it in production isn’t.