I first met Kanchana at ApacheCon Asia in 2006 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She’s been involved in the ASF in various capacities for more than 20 years. In this interview, from Community Over Code Europe, she talks about how her involvement has evolved over those years.
At Community Over Code in Bratislava, I got to talk with two members of the Apache Logging Services PMC -Piotr Karwasz and Matt Sicker about the recent work on Log4J. If you’re a Log4J user, you’ll want to know about the security and performance enhancements, and how to take advantage of them.
Lots of people consume open source, but never give much thought to contributing. I talked with Ryan Skraba about how and why he made that first contribution, and how we can help others to do the same.
At Community Over Code Europe 2024 in Bratislava, there was a room of “poster sessions” – something you may have experienced before at academic conferences. Various individuals or projects provided a poster covering some topic, and then spent some time there discussing it with anyone who was interested.
I spoke with Boris Stoyanov about his Cloudstack poster, and what’s going on with Cloudstack.
At the recent Community Over Code, in Bratislava, I had a number of conversations with people in various roles at the Apache Software Foundation. One of these was with Ivet Petrova Madzharova, marketing lead for Apache Cloustack.
We talked about one of my favorite topics – getting involved in so-called “non-technical” roles in open source projects. This is another reminder that, no matter what your skills are, they are *desperately* needed by open source projects.
At the recent Community Over Code event in Bratislava I had a series of conversations with participants from across the Apache Software Foundation about how and why they got involved, and how you can get involved. Philipp Ottlinger is a member of the Travel Assistance Committee and is also the PMC Chair of the Creadur project. He talks about what skills you have to have in order to join an Apache project. In his view, curiosity, persistence, and ability to work with others rank higher than technical skills.
Have you ever considered getting involved at the Apache Software Foundation, but aren’t sure where to get started? No matter what your skills are, there’s a place for you.
At Community Over Code in Bratislava, I spoke with Brian Proffitt, VP Marketing & Publicity, about how he leverages his writing and journalism skills at the ASF.