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.
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July 5, 2024
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.
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July 1, 2024
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.
Links:
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June 24, 2024
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.
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June 21, 2024
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.
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June 12, 2024
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.
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June 11, 2024
Stamatis Zampetakis gives us an overview of what’s in the new 4.0 release of Apache Hive, and what’s next for the project.
Download: https://hive.apache.org/general/downloads/
Project information: https://hive.apache.org/
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April 22, 2024
Community Over Code Europe 2024 (formerly called ApacheCon) will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, June 3-5 2024. Come join us!
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Links:
Event site: https://eu.communityovercode.org/
How to get there: https://eu.communityovercode.org/how-to-get-there/
Schedule: https://eu.communityovercode.org/schedule/
Community Over Code North America: https://communityovercode.org/
Community Over Code Asia: https://asia.communityovercode.org/
April 19, 2024
Lenny Primak talks about Apache Shiro, the most recent release, and his journey at the Apache Software Foundation.
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Links:
Project website: https://shiro.apache.org/
Github: https://github.com/apache/shiro
February 15, 2024
The Apache Travel Assistance Committee (TAC) offers travel grants for individuals to attend ASF events, as an investment in our projects and our communities. I spoke with Atita Arora and Chris Dutz, past TAC recipients, about their TAC experience, and how it has affected their career and communities.
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January 17, 2024
At Cassandra Summit 2023, in San Jose California, I spoke with Mick Semb Wever about a variety of topics around the Cassandra Community, the new Cassandra Catalyst program, and open source at the Apache Software Foundation.
Cassandra: https://cassandra.apache.org/
Cassandra Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/
Cassandra Catalyst: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/cassandra-catalyst-program.html
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