Marco Ferrigno | IT System Engineer -

Posted on May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 by marcoferrigno

AI Is Not Killing Open Source. It Is Breaking the Way Some People Monetize It.

Every phase of the technology industry produces its own premature obituaries.

The web was supposed to kill newspapers. The cloud was supposed to kill system administrators. Low-code was supposed to kill developers. Today, in the middle of the generative AI wave, it is Open Source’s turn.

The thesis returned to the center of the debate after the Tailwind Labs case: AI would be feeding on the work of open communities, disintermediating the projects that helped nourish it, and making free software economically unsustainable.

A recent article by Maurizio Farina, Open Source in the Age of AI: the Tailwind CSS Case, has the merit of framing the issue clearly. The concern is legitimate. The case is real. The question of the economic sustainability of open projects cannot be dismissed with a shrug.

But the conclusion, in my view, is too broad.

AI is not killing Open Source. It is putting pressure on certain business models built around Open Source and, at the same time, making urgent a problem that already existed: how to redistribute value toward those who maintain the software infrastructure we all depend on.

Posted on April 30, 2026April 30, 2026 by marcoferrigno

Linux Kernel 7.0: The Quiet Revolution That Changes Everything

While the industry chases the next AI benchmark and the next model announcement, something genuinely important happened on April 12, 2026, and it arrived with almost no fanfare: Linus Torvalds released Linux kernel 7.0. The announcement was accompanied by a typically deadpan Torvalds joke — he bumped the major version, he said, because 6.19 was getting difficult to count on his fingers and toes. No architectural break. No marketing slide. A merge window, seven release candidates, a tarball on kernel.org, a signature to verify.

This is what real infrastructure looks like when it works. It’s patient. It’s incremental. It doesn’t ask you to be excited. And if you’ve been paying attention to the right signals, Linux 7.0 is one of the most consequential kernel releases in years — not because any single feature is revolutionary, but because five long-running engineering efforts reach maturity in the same cycle. Rust graduates from experimental. XFS becomes self-healing. KVM virtualizes AMD’s ERAPS. Module signing gets post-quantum cryptography. And, as a quiet reminder of what “long-term support” really means, the kernel continues to ship patches for SPARC and DEC Alpha.

This post tells each of those stories. Not as a feature list, but as evidence of what it takes to build infrastructure you can actually trust over decades.

Posted on March 24, 2026April 30, 2026 by marcoferrigno

Why Digital Sovereignty is the real revolution (and it’s not just a money question)

We are at an unprecedented technological crossroads. What was once a niche debate for academics has exploded between 2025 and 2026 into a brutal political and strategic urgency: Digital Sovereignty. From Denmark’s radical shift toward Linux and LibreOffice to the massive investments of the Sovereign Technology Fund, Europe is finally rising to reclaim the keys to its critical infrastructure.

In this post, we explore how open source is becoming the bedrock of our independence, the crucial role of “transparent” AI, and the risk of falling behind in the global race for digital skills. True autonomy isn’t just about the software we use; it’s about the responsibility we take to own our digital future.

Posted on April 26, 2024April 30, 2026 by marcoferrigno

The Bitcoin Halving Phenomenon: A New Technical Era and a New Ethical Turning Point

The Bitcoin Halving is a very significant impact event. This automatic mechanism, programmed to reduce the block reward in half approximately every four years, not only regulates the supply of new bitcoins but also signals a time for reflection on the value and long-term sustainability of Bitcoin as a digital asset. While halving is a technical concept at the heart of the Bitcoin protocol, its implications go far beyond, touching on issues of fairness, security and ethical adoption in the global financial landscape.

Posted on April 19, 2024April 30, 2026 by marcoferrigno

Open Source in the contemporary economy

The integration of open source into the global economic landscape represents a significant transformation in the ways economies can grow and interact. This article explores how open source philosophy and technology can aid in economic development, through the analysis of the theories of the Austrian and Keynesian schools. Additionally, we will discuss Bitcoin‘s role in mitigating some of the most common problems of the modern economy.

Posted on April 12, 2024April 30, 2026 by marcoferrigno

Open source: not just a technological approach

In the vast and rapidly evolving world of technology, open source emerges as a compass that guides you towards innovation, transparency and collaboration. Defined by its freely accessible nature, open source is not just a type of software or a development methodology; it’s a philosophy. A philosophy that promotes the freedom to examine, modify and distribute source code for anyone interested in improving it or adapting it to their needs. This post explores why adopting and contributing to open source technologies not only enriches the global technology community but also represents a critical step forward for sustainable innovation and personal growth.