Scarf Newsletter
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Scarf's 2024 Wrapped: What we built together this year
As 2024 wraps up, we’ve been reflecting on everything that wouldn’t have been possible without the Scarf community and our amazing customers. It’s been a big year for Scarf—and for the open source projects we’re proud to support.
Scarf Newsletter - August 2024
Scarf now offers advanced filtering options to supercharge your understanding of open source usage data. By filtering and cross-filtering across categories like company size, industry, location, and tech stacks, you can identify key insights—such as which Global 2000 companies are in the "ongoing usage" stage of your project.
Scarf Newsletter - May 2024
Scarf is part of the Common Room Signal Partners program. Scarf has worked with Common Room to define a data exchange format; you are now able to configure scheduled ingestion of your Scarf data into the Common Room platform, creating a more complete view of your user signals and exposing exciting new opportunities.
Scarf Newsletter - March 2024
We'll be attending KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU this year, joining the community for four days. While we are there, join us for an exclusive Community Clink gathering, hosted by Dragonfly, Dagger, and Scarf at KubeCon. We're eagerly looking forward to your presence and toasting to a wonderful time together!
Scarf Newsletter - February 2024
We are proud to announce that we have partnered with The Linux Foundation (LF), enabling any project under the LF umbrella to leverage Scarf for enhanced insights into their usage and adoption patterns. Through this partnership, we aim to facilitate growth and informed decision-making for open source projects.
Scarf Newsletter - December 2023
We’re pleased to share a final recap of the latest Scarf updates for December and 2023 as a whole.
Scarf Newsletter - November 2023
We are excited to announce that we will be attending Kubecon 2023, the premier event for cloud-native enthusiasts and professionals. Kubecon 2023 is organized by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which supports the development and adoption of open source technologies. Kubecon 2023 will take place in Chicago, Illinois from November 6-9, 2023. It will feature keynotes, breakout sessions, workshops, and networking opportunities with experts and peers from the cloud-native community. We hope to see you there!
Scarf Newsletter - September 2023
Join us at All Things Open, the premier polyglot technology conference for open source enthusiasts, featuring a diverse audience of designers, developers, decision-makers, entrepreneurs, and technologists. Don't miss our CEO Avi Press's talk, "Beyond the Download Button: Lessons Learned from Analyzing 1 Billion Open Source Downloads," where we'll explore data-driven insights and best practices of successful open source projects. Additionally, our Head of Open Source Strategy, Matt Yonkovit, will share insights in his talk, "The $10,000 Query: A Funny Thing Happened Last Week," revealing the hidden costs lurking behind modern "as a service" offerings and offering valuable advice to keep expenses in check.
Measuring the Commercial ROI of DEVREL
In today's fast-paced tech world, the Developer Relations (DevRel) role has moved from the periphery to the center stage. Companies, irrespective of their size, are now seriously considering the worth of having a dedicated DevRel team. But, how do you quantify the success or failure of such an effort? What metrics should companies use? This post dives deep into understanding the commercial Return on Investment (ROI) of DevRel.
Scarf Newsletter - July 2023
Our second report of 2023 analyzes the data coming from downloads and documentation consumption in the second quarter of 2023. Looking at over 2500 packages, we discovered some fascinating trends and revealed some unprecedented data points that can benefit not only the industry but individual companies producing open source software. In this report you will discover a detailed breakdown of the enterprises that downloaded the most open source, the countries with the largest increase of downloads, the container registries tracked in Q2, and more.
Scarf Newsletter - May 2023
Q1 continued to see growth in open source usage across the ecosystem, including in the enterprise space. In our first report of 2023, we looked at the data coming from downloads and documentation consumption in the first quarter of 2023. Looking at over 2000 packages, we found some interesting trends and uncovered some never before seen data points that can help not only the industry but individual companies producing open source software.
