It's here! Today is the first day to kick off All Things Open 2023. Today's programming is focused on a Community Leadership Summit, as well as Inclusion and Diversity in Open Source. I attended the CLS last year. While I was kind of the wrong audience for it, it was still cool to sit in on topics that others held dear. As a former ERG and Engagement Committee leader, it's been important to me to attend the Inclusion and Diversity programming at ATO. I always hope to get new ideas for how to engage staff and teammates, and promote diversity and equity in hiring and retaining people. One of my biggest takeaways last year was the addition of the "B" to DEIB--Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging. It's great to get diversity on paper, but it's not enough to check some boxes. We need to retain underrepresented groups, and the way to do that is by making people feel welcome. Belonging is the idea that people know their niche at a company, know that their contributions are valued, and feel comfortable simply existing in their roles.
I'll be attending the Inclusion and Diversity programming in a few short hours. There aren't different tracks for Sunday--and thank goodness, because I'd never be able to pick which sessions to attend! Monday and Tuesday's programming is different, and there are a whopping seventeen (!!) tracks each day to attend. Some folks will find their niche in a single track. As a test engineer, I hop around different tracks as I find topics related to quality assurance and automation. My proposed schedule touches on eight different tracks.
I am very grateful that many of the sessions will be recorded. There are so many time slots where I want to attend multiple talks, but having some of them recorded means I am freed up to explore alternatives and watch the recordings later. Looking over them today compared to the notes I took on Thursday, I notice that a few of the sessions I had hoped to attend are either rescheduled or canceled, which is a bummer.
So, here are my planned sessions:
Speeding Up Your React App With Less JavaScript Through Qwik (Developer 2 - Monday 10:30)
Ensuring API Security with Contract Testing: Tips and Best Practices (Security - Monday 11:30)
Undecided for Monday at 12:45, since all but one are being recorded!
2 for 1: Open Source Insights from 11,000 Early Career Technologists/Which Technical Practices Naturally Foster a Culture of Trust and Accountability? (Community - Monday 1:45)
Reviving an Old Computer for Home Automation: Installing Linux, Home Assistant, CasaOS, and AdGuard (Hardware/IoT - Monday 2:45)
Be Nice In The Sandbox: How Open Source Gets Competitors to Collaborate (Community - Monday 3:45)
Build Developer Experience Teams for Open Source (Developer 2 - Tuesday 11:30)
Open Source and Public Policy (Open Source Initiative - Tuesday 12:45)
Becoming a More Persuasive Open-Source Contributor or Developer Advocate (101 - Tuesday 1:45)
2 for 1: Serverless vs Edge for your Postgres queries/Supercharging tutorials with WebAssembly (Developer 2 - Tuesday 2:45)
Write Shell Scripts Using JavaScript and zx (Developer 3 - Tuesday 3:45)
And here are the ones I'll make a point to watch later:
7 Ways to Build an API that Developers Will Hate (Developer 1 - Monday 10:30)
Jurity: State of the Art Open Source Software for AI Fairness Evaluation (Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence - Monday 10:30)
An Innovative Approach to Giving Back to Open Source Projects That Power Your Business (Case Study/Demo 1 - Monday 11:30)
The Frontend Family Tree (Developer 1 - Monday 11:30)
The Search for Transparency and Accountability in the Age of AI:RAI & XAI as essential tools. (Case Study/Demo 2 - Monday 12:45)
Open Source Hot Takes with Google (ML/AI - Monday 12:45)
What the Heck are Server Sent Events? (Case Study/Demo 2 - Monday 1:45)
There’s an Action for that! Exploring the possibilities of GitHub Actions (DevOps - Monday 1:45)
How Open Standards Can Heal the Open Wound of AI (ML/AI - Monday 2:45)
Break Glass, Repair Fast, Reconcile Automation (DevOps - Monday 3:45)
A JavaScript Developer’s Guide to Identity (Developer 1 - Tuesday 11:30)
Open Automation and the Future of DevSecOps (DevOps - Tuesday 11:30)
Accessibility Reimagined (Developer 1 - Tuesday 12:45)
Maximize Lunchtime and Minimize War Rooms: Empower Efficiency with Full-Stack Observability (DevOps - Tuesday 12:45)
Are Privacy and Intellectual Property Still Relevant? Perspectives From History, Biology, Math, and, of Course, AI (ML/AI - Tuesday 12:45)
Collaborating Effectively Through Pull Requests (Case Study/Demo 2 - Tuesday 1:45)
Config Driven Development/Test Framework Architecture (DevOps - Tuesday 1:45)
Open Source BPM Comparison (Case Study/Demo 2 - Tuesday 2:45)
As always, I can't wait to meet new folks, make connections with companies with the coolest new innovations, get some STICKERS, and soak up all the knowledge available. I hope to see some old coworkers and friends! My blue hair is easy to spot, so don't be shy to find me and say hi.