Open source software is considered trustworthy because anyone can validate the source code and hold the developer accountable. Usually developers will also make compiled binaries available for convenience. How can we know that these binaries are compiled from the same source code the developer published, and not a malicious variant of it? [more inside]
posted by The Winsome Parker Lewis on Feb 26, 2013 - 17 answers

What Python and PHP source code can I read to become a better programmer? [more inside]
posted by jsturgill on Mar 26, 2012 - 17 answers

Movies/shows where an actor's last-minute injury or mishap was worked into the final shooting? [more inside]
posted by TheSecretDecoderRing on Sep 7, 2011 - 29 answers

Does anyone know what happened to SoundJam MP, and possibly where I could find the source so I could create something for my use? [more inside]
posted by Bathtub Bobsled on Jun 27, 2010 - 7 answers

Web site source code documentation - what is crucial/acceptable/required to demand from a vendor to be comfortable that a new web team could hit the ground running? [more inside]
posted by spicynuts on Jan 9, 2009 - 11 answers

Jared Tarbell generously offers the source code to Binary Ring (click on "Thumbnail gallery" – "Binary Ring" – "Launch applet"). I’d like to modify this code to make larger images of the same type but I’m not getting anywhere. How do I do this? I’m a beginner idiot.
posted by Termite on Jan 2, 2005 - 4 answers