Advice for aspiring open-source contributors: focus on solving your own problems and building skills, not just contributing to popular projects.
A retrospective and future outlook for the Azure Skåne User Group, covering its journey from 2017, event formats, and community goals.
A developer shares how writing about coding experiences helps others, reinforces learning, and creates a personal knowledge base.
A 25-hour live stream event featuring deep dives, interviews with Java experts, and discussions on Java's ecosystem, future, and career advice.
A personal retrospective on founding and leading the SQLPort user group for SQL Server and Microsoft Data Platform over its first decade.
A reflection on the personal and professional benefits of being an open source maintainer, framed in the spirit of the Passover song 'Dayenu'.
A recap of the 2019 Web Engineering Düsseldorf Meetup, highlighting events, speakers, sponsors, and the launch of a new conference.
Overview of the Skåne Azure User Group's active participation in Global AI Community events like Bootcamps and AI Nights since 2018.
A preview of the 2019 UK VMware User Group conference, highlighting keynotes, community talks, vendor expo, and networking events.
Explores how governance in open source projects can be manipulated, drawing parallels to political gerrymandering, using examples like Apache Cassandra.
A developer shares their experience attending JSConf Budapest, highlighting the talks, people, venue, and personal reflections on the event.
An open source developer draws parallels between community building in software and neighborhood revitalization, emphasizing kindness and proactive effort.
The article critiques the Free Software Foundation's pedantic language, arguing it alienates potential supporters and harms the free software movement's growth.
A userland developer's open letter to the PHP team discussing RFC voting, backwards compatibility, and the language's development process.
A seasoned speaker and conference committee member explains the behind-the-scenes process of reviewing and selecting talks after a Call for Papers closes.
A data professional argues for attending PASS Summit over Microsoft Ignite to support the non-profit community, despite Ignite's value.
A developer shares their excitement and gratitude after being awarded the Microsoft MVP title in developer technologies.
A speaker's perspective on the importance of attending conference talks, arguing that audience presence energizes speakers and improves the experience for everyone.
A humorous, satirical guide offering advice for attendees of the VMworld 2019 tech conference, centered on the importance of comfortable shoes.
Practical advice for first-time tech conference attendees on networking, engaging with speakers, and making the most of the event agenda.
