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. https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/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. https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Ryan-Skraba-Getting-started-and-mentoring-others.mp3 Prefer video? That’s HERE.…

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 Cloudst…

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.…

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 s…

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. Prefer video? Th…

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/ Prefer video? That’s HERE. https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Apache-Hive-Stamatis-Zampetakis.mp3…

Community Over Code Europe 2024 (formerly called ApacheCon) will be held in Bratislava, Slovakia, June 3-5 2024. Come join us! https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/community_over_code_eu_2024.mp3 Prefer video? That’s HERE. Links: Event site: https://eu.communityovercode.org/ How to get there: https://eu.communityovercode.org/ho…

Lenny Primak talks about Apache Shiro, the most recent release, and his journey at the Apache Software Foundation. https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/shiro_lenny_final.mp3 Prefer video? That’s on YouTube. Links: Project website: https://shiro.apache.org/ Github: https://github.com/apache/shiro…

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. https://tac.apache.org/ Prefer video? That’s her…

Apache Heron (Incubating) is “A realtime, distributed, fault-tolerant stream processing engine” Project member Josh Fischer talks with me about what that actually means. https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/heron_josh.mp3 Project info: https://heron.apache.org/ Prefer video? https://youtu.be/QD1Pto-HQzc…

Myrle Krantz is a member of the Apache Fineract community, which is an open source project which supports microfinance providers. https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/fineract_feathercast_final_edit.mp3 She will also be giving a keynote at the upcoming ApacheCon in Montreal. Fineract: http://fineract.apache.org/ ApacheCon North…

The first feathercast is now available! It features David Reid talking to Noirin Plunkett about Dublin to try and help those travelling there in June for ApacheCon EU. Related links The Apache Software Foundation http://www.apache.org/ ApacheCon http://www.apachecon.com/ ApacheCon Wiki http://wiki.apache.org/apachecon/FrontPage Guiness Jameson Whis…