Axiom Stack is Open Sourced!

While on my way to the 1223 event with a friend, Periodic Design, this week I received a text message, “Stack = open source!” Yes, I’m talking about the Axiom Stack. And my friend can attest, I was _not_ quiet about it. I made sure to confirm it with a few additional sources. While I’m unsure of the exact reasons for open sourcing this product I can tell you some of the benefits, and hopefully I don’t sound like a broken record for the OSS community.

OSS provides a number of benefits to the community. I have recently been using Django a bit for some side projects outside of work. One of the biggest sellers for me was that I had a huge wealth of knowledge already at my disposal. It wasn’t the community and it wasn’t the documentation. It was the ability to dive right into the code and really see what was going on. This is now possible with the Axiom Stack which is _great_. I now have the ability to see the “Axiom” way of doing things by having access to the full codebase. I can also look into issues within the stack code to see whether the problem with my app exist there or in my own source.

Also, now that the source is opened. It is easier for me to make modifications and enhancements to the source. This means that if I feel there are areas which I can enhance, then I have the power to. I don’t have to wait for an enchancement ticket to be pushed into the queue. Now, don’t get me wrong, I think that the engineers working for Axiom Software, Inc are incredibly bright people, much moreso than myself, but in the offchance that I see something that needs some polish, I can do that as well and shoot the patch file back over to those guys. This means that they get time spent on the project that they may not have otherwise normally received.

So, going beyond the benefits of Open Source and looking at the stack itself, I think this is a great move. The Axiom Stack itself is a great web platform. It is extremely easy to develop with and holds a lot of possibility. I’ve used it in developing client sites and on a couple personal projects with another in the works. The Axiom Stack will certainly benefit from this news, however I have a feeling that the benefit will not be solely to the stack but to the community as well.