Five years of freeCodeCamp (Interview)

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Today we have a very special show for you – we’re talking with Quincy Larson the founder of freeCodeCamp as part of a two-part companion podcast series where we each celebrate our 5 and 10 year anniversaries. This year marks 5 years for freeCodeCamp and 10 years for us here at Changelog. So make sure you check out the freeCodeCamp podcast next week when Quincy ships our episode to their feed. But, on today’s episode we catch up with Quincy on all things freeCodeCamp.

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Show Notes:

Go back and listen to The Changelog #195, Quincy’s first appearance here on The Changelog
The Future of freeCodeCamp.org - Lessons From 5 Years of Teaching the World to Code
The Future of the freeCodeCamp Forum
WeWork is Desperately Squeezing Cash Out of Meetup.com by Taxing 225,000 Communities
Every donation you’ve ever made to freeCodeCamp is now tax deductible
Check out the freeCodeCamp podcast
freeCodeCamp Chapter - a self-hosted event management tool for nonprofits

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Five years of freeCodeCamp (Interview)

The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

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DigitalOcean – The simplest cloud platform for developers and teams Whether you’re running one virtual machine or ten thousand, makes managing your infrastructure too easy. Get started for free with a $50 credit. Learn more at do.co/changelog.
KubeCon + CloudNativeCon (Amsterdam 2020) – Get an additional 10% off registration with the code KCEUGOTIME. Learn more and register.
Retool – Retool makes it super simple to build back-office apps in hours, not days. The tool is is built by engineers, explicitly for engineers. Learn more and try it for free at retool.com/changelog
Square – The Square developer team just launched their new developer YouTube channel. Head to youtube.com/squaredev or search for “Square Developer” on YouTube to learn more and subscribe.

Featuring:

Quincy Larson – Website, GitHub, X
Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Show Notes:

Go back and listen to The Changelog #195, Quincy’s first appearance here on The Changelog
The Future of freeCodeCamp.org - Lessons From 5 Years of Teaching the World to Code
The Future of the freeCodeCamp Forum
WeWork is Desperately Squeezing Cash Out of Meetup.com by Taxing 225,000 Communities
Every donation you’ve ever made to freeCodeCamp is now tax deductible
Check out the freeCodeCamp podcast
freeCodeCamp Chapter - a self-hosted event management tool for nonprofits

Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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