Matthias J Mair

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Open Source Hardware tooling Look-Out for 2026

I have a few things I am looking forward to in the Open Source Hardware space in 2026.
Most of these things have some relation to my wider interest in making producing open hardware easier and more accessible. If they mature I would love to find ways to integrate them …

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How I "got" a Trove Identifier for InvenTree

As the InvenTree project is getting bigger, the amount of (semi) public plugins has increased. InvenTree plugins are python packages and such they can be uploaded to PyPI, live in a remote or local filestructure or a git repository. This is great for flexibility but it also makes it harder …

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The boring part of maintaining software

What kind of chores need to happen to keep a self-hosted project long term viable? And why “base” funding is often more important that one-off funds.

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