Open Source

I’ve spent the last few months building video automation tools for clients, and the question I get asked most isn’t “how does it work?” It’s “is Remotion open source?” The answer matters because it determines whether you can actually use it in production without unexpected licensing headaches. Yes, Remotion is open source under the MIT license. You can use it commercially, modify it, and self-host the rendering process. That single fact changes the economics of video production for anyone who needs to generate more than a handful of videos. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. I’ve tested a lot of social media scheduling tools. Buffer, Hootsuite, Later, Publer — they all do roughly the same thing: you write posts, schedule them across platforms, and pay a monthly fee for the privilege. Then I found AiToEarn, and it broke the pattern completely. It’s free, it’s open-source, and it pays you to post. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. White-label this open-source tool and sell it for $200/month Last week I was paying $12/month for Calendly. Then I found Cal.com — an open-source alternative that does everything Calendly does, plus more, for free. But that’s not the interesting part. The interesting part is the business model hiding inside this repo. White-label it. Sell it to professionals who’ll never find it themselves. $200/month per client. No coding required. ...

🎧 Prefer to listen? Your browser does not support the audio element. 🎧 Prefer to listen? Every year, someone publishes a “top AI trends” list that reads like a Silicon Valley press release. Quantum computing. AGI timelines. The singularity. ...

I used CapCut for months. Then I read the privacy policy. Then I stopped. If you’ve been looking for a free video editor that doesn’t spy on you, doesn’t watermark your exports, and doesn’t lock features behind a subscription — I found one. It’s called Kimu. And it has an AI copilot. What is Kimu? Kimu is a free, open-source video editor. Think CapCut, but without ByteDance’s data collection, without the forced watermarks, and without the subscription paywall. ...