EclipseCon Europe presentations now available
My presentations from EclipseCon Europe are now available on slideshare. The first one is the story of the Eclipse andContinue Reading
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In open source, all you have is social capital
Over a month ago, I watched this keynote by David Eaves that he gave at DjangoCon. Yes, I’m way behindContinue Reading
Excited about EclipseCon Europe
Ten years ago, we were burning the midnight oil getting Eclipse 1.0 ready to release. I offer you proof MeContinue Reading
A history of lizard wrangling and other software stories
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about open source history. I’m in the midst of preparing material for a presentationContinue Reading
Hacker History
I recently read the book hackers: heroes of the computer revolution by Stephen Levy. It looks back at the castContinue Reading
Busting Build Myths
Who doesn’t love Mythbusters? It must be great to wake up every morning and go to work in a fantasticallyContinue Reading
Research, Release Engineering and ROI
I recently read some academic papers that quantify some release engineering practices in open source communities. Very interesting. The firstContinue Reading
Open source: She loves you, She loves you not
Working in an open source community is great, but there are also some disadvantages. From my admittedly narrow world viewContinue Reading
Kill Build: Vol. 1
Here are some of the ways I’ve seen a build killed during my years as an Eclipse committter. 1. Lightning.Continue Reading
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