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Embark in an unconventional open source journey with Pol Dellaiera in episode 5 of the chmodcast. It all starts with saving every euro to buy his first computer as a kid… Then it goes to Drupal, Symfony, and now Nix, where Pol’s contributions as a maintainer with commits rights make the lives of PHP developers easier than ever. Package manager, operating system and even functional language: Nix does it all. Let’s dive in!
00:20 — Episode introduction01:45 — SymfonyCon Brussels03:00 — Introducing Pol Dellaiera 05:03 — A love for computers that leads to a career in IT08:31 — Open source journey, from Drupal 5 to Symfony to Nix18:31 — Installing NixOS and saving configuration files 21:45 — Maintaining and adding packages to Nix24:20 — Nix language26:36 — Example of a contribution to Nix30:33 — How many people work on Nix?32:43 — How to use and contribute to Nix?34:40 — What’s in the future for Nix? (Flakes!)37:33 — Silly questions time!41:10 — Next episode teaserThank you to Pol for taking us on his journey, but it doesn’t end there! He just published his master’s thesis about “Reproducibility in Software Engineering”, 20+ years after completing his bachelor’s degree! Check out the links below to learn more about Pol’s ongoing projects and stay in the loop with his work.
MastodonGitHubBlogMaster’s thesis “Reproducibility in Software Engineering”Nix & NixOSDo you have an open-source story of your own that you want to share? Join us for an episode of Change Mode, apply now to be a guest.
Shoutout to our incredible podcast host, Marine Gandy, our resident Drupal expert and DevRel Engineer at Platform.sh. There’ll be plenty more from Marine coming soon, stay tuned!
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Dive into the world of hardened JavaScript, LavaMoat, and JavaScript security with Zbyszek “ZB” Tenerowicz (@naugtur) in episode 4 of Change Mode. From at-home HTML trial-and-error to building inclusive 3D gaming engines, ZB dives into his open-source journey and the incredible projects he continues to work on every day. Including a passion and dedication to organizing and public speaking at international developer events. Let’s get into the episode!
00:22 — Introducing Zbyszek (ZB) Tenerowicz, JavaScript security expert02:00 — The journey to open-source and LavaMoat 03:22 — From at-home HTML to Silicon Valley 08:57 — Security at Metamask, the self-custody wallet10:11 — The creation of LavaMoat 14:53 — What is hardened JavaScript? 21:02 — Security and JavaScript, keeping up with NPM 25:21 — Who’s contributing to Endo? And how you can too 29:22 — Getting into public speaking 31:21 — Organising international developer events with MeetJS Poland 36:35 — The open-source community and dream project 39:20 — Inclusive gaming, building 3D game engines 43:10 — If you could invent a new permission, what would it be?Thank you to ZB for taking us on his journey from at-home, trial-and-error HTML to leading JavaScript security at LavaMoat and Endo. Check out the links below to learn more about ZB’s ongoing projects and stay in the loop with his work.
GitHubX MeetJS LavaMoat EndoDo you have an open-source story of your own that you want to share? Join us for an episode of Change Mode, apply now to be a guest.
Shoutout to our incredible podcast host, Marine Gandy, our resident Drupal expert and DevRel Engineer at Platform.sh. There’ll be plenty more from Marine coming soon, stay tuned!
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Join DjangoGirls board members, Aisha Bello and Leona So, for this week’s episode of Change Mode as we celebrate 10 years of this incredible non-profit.
Created to inspire women from all backgrounds to get interested in technology and enter the world of programming, Aisha and Leona share their journeys into open source and their roles in DjangoGirls today. Dive into how they built their own Python communities, ran their own local events, and the importance of creating safe, welcoming spaces for women in tech.
00:30 — Share your open-source love story 01:05 — Celebrating 10 years of DjangoGirls 03:13 — Introducing our guests, Aisha Bello and Leona So 04:30 — Leona’s journey into open source: from maths teacher to DjangoGirls07:47 — Aisha’s open-source story: building a Python community in Nigeria 13:39 — The creation of DjangoGirls Manchester and Chester16:39 — Never underestimate the power of the open-source community 18:26 — Do we need in-person events to truly build a strong community?23:25 — The DjangoGirls podcast: a long-distance relationship 28:24 — How to balance work, life, and open source34:47 — What’s next for DjangoGirls? 37:44 — The importance of belonging for women in tech 42:00 — If you had permission to do anything for a day, what would you do? 46:22 — If you could invent a new permission, what would it be? 48:17 — What do you think is your greatest power?Thank you to our incredible guests, Aisha and Leona, for joining us for this episode to discuss their journeys as women in tech and development. Follow Aisha and Leona’s incredible work with DjangoGirls on X and GitHub.
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Episode 2 of Change Mode! Sit down with us as we chat with Lætitia Avrot, Practice Leader, Postgres and Security at EBD, Postgres Europe Treasurer, and founder of Postgres Women. Lætitia shares her journey in building such an impressive resume, her thoughts on why developers need to get better with databases, and provides insider insights on the Postgres community—including SQL norms, how to submit your feature, and when to expect the next update.
01:42 — What does Change Mode mean? 04:02 — Meet Lætitia Avrot, our PostgresSQL insider05:05 — What does a Field CTO do? 06:06 — Database Admin, the role you don’t want to need 07:12 — Lætitia’s journey into Postgres 09:59 — “Postgres is to other databases, what Linux is to operating systems”10:34 — Developers need to know how to write SQL 11:56 — Diving into SQL standards 15:59 — Can anyone join the SQL committee?18:00 — Governance and changes, how Postgres is a truly open-source project22:02 — The best way to take part is to join Commitfest 24:12 — The Postgres release cycle: no governance, no deadline 26:29 — Postgres Women and the importance of women on stage 29:15 — Cross-community open-source contributions30:33 — The secret to maintaining attention when presenting 32:31 — New year, new job title 35:05 — Speaking at 30 events a year and the best jetlag hack 39:34 — How Lætitia contributes to other communities 41:49 — If you had permission to do anything for a day, what would you do? 42:39 — If you could invent a new permission, what would it be? 43:24 — What do you think is your greatest power?Thank you to the wonderful Lætitia for joining us for this episode and sharing her open-source story, you can stay up-to-date on her work on LinkedIn and X.
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WTFM : Write that funky manual with Ryan Weaver
Our first-ever episode of the Change Mode podcast is kicking things off nicely with a wonderful guest from the Symfony core team, Ryan Weaver. The Symfony docs lead and SymfonyCasts writer keeping us all in check when it comes to Symfony development. Join us for this episode as Ryan shares how to get started in open source, his methods for creating and managing great documentation and screencasts (including those dreaded translations), and how to balance open source and family life.
Donate to Ryan’s GoFoundMe page to support him in his battle with cancer.
0:22 — Intro: The Change Mode podcast powered by Upsun4:29 — Meet Ryan Weaver: Symfony docs lead and SymfonyCasts extraordinaire6:18 — The world of PHP and Symfony docs from a core team member7:57 — It all started with Symfony 2: how to get into open source9:41 — When does open source become open source? 12:19 — From young, bad developer to Symfony docs lead: getting into Symfony 16:08 — The quest to solve developers' problems and bad UX with docs 20:09 — Can’t we just open a ticket? The smallest entry point to open source21:16 — Monetizing open source25:17 — How to get paid to do open source25:38 — Balancing open source, coding, and family life32:24 — The Symfony ecosystem: Drupalisms, Ruby on Rails, and new JavaScript36:32 — Can you contribute to SymfonyCasts? 37:54 — How to decide what goes in docs and what goes in screencasts40:04 — How to maintain doc translations? Are we bound to English forever? 43:51 — The most important lesson in knowledge sharing 45:47 — What’s your dream day? 47:18 — Traveling at the speed of light with a dream invention 48:31 — What’s your greatest power?A huge thank you to Ryan for joining us for the first episode of the Change Mode Podcast. It was a pleasure to chat with him about his open-source experience and what led him from a self-described bad developer to teaching thousands of developers the ins and outs of Symfony on SymfonyCasts.
Follow Ryan on his social channels linked below and if you can, please donate to Ryan’s GoFundMe page in support of his ongoing battle with Glioblastoma.
GitHubLinkedIn X (Twitter)YouTube (SymfonyCasts)Shoutout to our incredible podcast host this episode, Marine Gandy, our resident Drupal expert and DevRel Engineer at Platform.sh. There’ll be plenty more from Marine coming soon, stay tuned!
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