FeatherCast: Recent Episodes
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https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Bertrand-Board.mp3Bertrand Delacrétaz recently stepped down from the board after serving 14 terms. He talks a bit about how the world, and the Foundation, have changed in those years, and why you might like to run for the Board.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Bertrand-Board.mp3Prefer video? That’s here.
Are you interested in being a board member at the ASF? Justin Mclean is currently serving his fourth term as a board member at the Apache Software Foundation. In this short clip, he talks about his role there.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Justin-Mclean-Board-of-Directors.mp3Prefer video? That’s here.
At Community over Code in Bratislava, Justin talked a little about his role as VP Incubator.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Justin-Mclean-VP-Incubator.mp3Prefer video? That’s here.
Shane had to leave early, so we recorded his lightning talk ahead of time.
Prefer video? That’s HERE.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/shane_lightning.mp3
The Travel Assistance Committee (TAC) is a program at the Apache Software Foundation that helps cover the expenses of attending an ASF event, such as Community Over Code in Bratislava, where I interviewed Stefan Vodita, one of the recipients for that event.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Stefan-Vodita-TAC-recipient.mp3TAC: https://tac.apache.org/
Prefer video? That’s here.
At Community over Code in Bratislava, I spoke with Etienne Studer about the Develocity service, which is offered to all Apache projects. If your project is interested in taking advantage of this service, this video discusses what the benefits are, and how to sign up.
https://dpeuniversity.gradle.com/
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/Etienne-Studer-Develocity.mp3Prefer video? That’s HERE
PMCs – Project Management Committees – at the Apache Software Foundation have a PMC Chair, who is a Vice President of the Foundation. And while that sounds very fancy and powerful, it’s really not. Shane Curcuru, the PMC Chair of Apache Whimsy, talks about what being a PMC Chair really means, and what their job is.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Shane-Curcuru-Being-a-PMC-Chair.mp3Prefer video? That’s HERE.
At Community Over Code in Bratislava, I spoke with Navendu Pottekkat about his work on APISIX, and what the project is up to.
The last time I spoke with the project was just over four years ago while they were still incubating.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/APISix-Navendu-Pottekkat.mp3If you prefer video, that’s here.
Links:
- APISIX
- Community Over Code
I first met Kanchana at ApacheCon Asia in 2006 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. She’s been involved in the ASF in various capacities for more than 20 years. In this interview, from Community Over Code Europe, she talks about how her involvement has evolved over those years.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/Kanchana-20-years-at-Apache.mp3https://apache.org/
https://communityovercode.org/
Prefer video? That’s HERE.
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/2024/07/Log4J-Matt-and-Piotr.mp3Prefer video? That’s HERE.
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. This is another reminder that, no matter what your skills are, they are desperately needed by open source projects.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Ivet-Petrova-Cloudstack.mp3Prefer video? That’s HERE
- Community Over Code Europe
- Apache Cloudstack
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 skills you have to have in order to join an Apache project. In his view, curiosity, persistence, and ability to work with others rank higher than technical skills.
Prefer video? That’s over on our YouTube channel.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Phil-Ottlinger-TAC-and-PMC-Chair.mp3
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? That’s HERE.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/01_Brian-Proffitt-VP-Marketing-v2.mp3
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.mp3Prefer video? That’s HERE.
Links:
Event site: https://eu.communityovercode.org/
How to get there: https://eu.communityovercode.org/how-to-get-there/
Schedule: https://eu.communityovercode.org/schedule/
Community Over Code North America: https://communityovercode.org/
Community Over Code Asia: https://asia.communityovercode.org/
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.mp3Prefer 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 here: https://youtu.be/7nY2rlnPISg
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/tac_render.mp3
At Cassandra Summit 2023, in San Jose California, I spoke with Mick Semb Wever about a variety of topics around the Cassandra Community, the new Cassandra Catalyst program, and open source at the Apache Software Foundation.
Cassandra: https://cassandra.apache.org/
Cassandra Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/
Cassandra Catalyst: https://cassandra.apache.org/_/cassandra-catalyst-program.html
If you prefer video, that’s here: https://youtu.be/ZfFYuzE_8PA
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/MickWever_Cassandra.mp3
At Cassandra Summit 2023, in San Jose California, I spoke with Jon Haddad about his decade on the project, and the changes he’s seen during that time. We also talked about what’s coming in the 5.0 release.
Cassandra: https://cassandra.apache.org/
Cassandra Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/
If you prefer video, that’s here: https://youtu.be/PqRmwYOE_N4
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/JohnHadad_Cassandra.mp3
At Cassandra Summit 2023, in San Jose California, I spoke with Rahul Singh about some of the challenges facing the Cassandra project.
Cassandra: https://cassandra.apache.org/
Cassandra Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/
If you prefer video, that’s here: https://youtu.be/KQVWDze1yvs
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/RahulSingh_Cassandra.mp3
At the recent Cassandra Summit in San Jose, California, I had a chat with Aaron Ploetz about the ways people use Cassandra, and what’s coming in the next months and years.
Cassandra: https://cassandra.apache.org/
Cassandra Summit: https://events.linuxfoundation.org/cassandra-summit/
If you prefer video, that’s here.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AaronPloetz_interview.mp3
On December 17th, 2003, the Apache Logging Services project was created. In this video, I talk with three members of the Logging Services project about the past 20 years, and what’s coming in the next 20.
Important links from the interview:
Project website: https://logging.apache.org/
Mailing list: https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@logging.apache.org
Project blog: https://logging.apache.org/blog/
If you prefer video, that’s on our YouTube channel.
https://feathercast.apache.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/LoggingTurns20_render.mp3
This week we hear from Pablo Estrada about the upcoming Beam Summit, in Austin Texas, July 18-20. More details at https://2022.beamsummit.org/ More about Beam at https://beam.apache.org/ Prefer video? That’s at https://youtu.be/Sjkh7SezetE A discount code for listeners: BEAM_POD_INV
VP Legal Roman Shaposhnik talks about what the Apache Legal Affairs Committee does, and how you can get involved. Legal-discuss mailing list Prefer video? That’s on YouTube.
Jarek Potiuk talks about the new multi-city hybrid event model that they’re experimenting with for the upcoming Airflow Summit https://airflowsummit.org/ May 23-27, 2022 Amsterdam, Netherlands. Bengaluru, India. Lagos, Nigeria. London, UK. Melbourne, Australia. New York City, USA. Paris, France. Sao …
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Apache ShardingSphere is “an open-source ecosystem consisted of a set of distributed database solutions”. PMC member Trista Pan is with us to talk about what that means. Prefer video? That’s HERE. Links: Project site: https://shardingsphere.apache.org/ Project info: https://projects.apache.org/committee.html?shardingsphere Twitter: https://twitter.com/ShardingSphere …
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PLC4X is a set of libraries for communicating with industrial programmable logic controllers (PLCs) using a variety of protocols but with a shared API. Project member Chris Dutz talks with us about what that actually means. Project website – https://plc4x.apache.org/ …
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The Apache Infrastructure team keeps all of the servers and services running, which all Apache projects rely on. Team member Andrew Wetmore talks the what and the how of that work, as well as what’s new, and how you can …
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Apache NLPCraft (Incubating) is An API to convert natural language into actions. I spoke with project member Nikita Ivanov about what that means. Prefer video? That’s HERE. More about NLPCraft: https://nlpcraft.apache.org/
Karaf provides modulith runtime for the enterprise, running on premise or on cloud. Focus on your business code and applications, Apache Karaf deals with the rest. In this interview with Jean-Baptiste, we talk more about what that means, what’s coming …
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Apache ActiveMQ is “Flexible & Powerful Open Source Multi-Protocol Messaging.” In this episode I speak with four members of the project – Jean-Baptiste Onofre, Justin Bertram, Matt Pavlovich and Clebert Suconic – about what that means, and what’s new in …
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Apache Heron (Incubating) is “A realtime, distributed, fault-tolerant stream processing engine” Project member Josh Fischer talks with me about what that actually means. Project info: https://heron.apache.org/ Prefer video? https://youtu.be/QD1Pto-HQzc