This week's curated list of new, interesting & noteworthy projects.
SunnyPilot
https://github.com/sunnypilot/sunnypilot
Sunnypilot is an open source driver assistance system. Sunnypilot offers the user a unique driving experience for over 300 supported car makes and models with modified behaviors of driving assist engagements. sunnypilot complies with the safety policy from comma.ai's openpilot as accurately as possible.
While I’m not entirely convinced I’d hand the steering wheel over to an open source driving assistance system, I am really excited to see innovation happening in this space. Also glad to see open source alternatives that aren’t tied directly to a hardware vendor.
Stirling PDF
https://github.com/Stirling-Tools/Stirling-PDF
Stirling-PDF is a swiss army knife PDF utility hosted as a docker image. I often have to juggle several different applications for some PDF conversions, having all that functionality in one open source system looks really helpful.
Dockerc
https://github.com/NilsIrl/dockerc
This library converts a docker image into a single executable file. I could see some utility in this for certain deployment scenarios where you are limited on what packages the environment can run. I wouldn’t reach for this for most production use cases but can think of a few scenarios where having this would be helpful.
Nicholas Maloney is a Co-Founder of The Gnar Company, where he leverages over two decades of software industry experience to transform complex ideas into foundational digital products. He specializes in building scalable software solutions, implementing AI-driven applications, and leading high-performing development teams. A veteran engineer and Certified Scrum Master, Nick is dedicated to creating elegant, impactful solutions that solve gnarly problems and drive business growth.
Before co-founding The Gnar Company in 2016, Nick served as Lead Engineer at MeYou Health and was a Senior Software Engineer at Terrible Labs, where he built digital products for a range of clients from startups to large enterprises. His career also includes technical roles at Massachusetts General Hospital's MIND Informatics and a four-year tenure as a Web Architect at Bentley University. Nick holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems from Bentley University.
