Coffee and Open Source

Dejan Miličić is an enthusiastic consultant and developer advocate at RavenDB with more than 20 years of experience as a professional software developer in designing, writing, and maintaining applications. Dejan is passionate about Open Source, RavenDB, Software Architecture, and Software Professionalism, supporting the Software Crafting Serbia community via workshops and meetups. He is an active...

Kris Nóva is an author, engineer, public speaker and transgender activist best known for her work on Aurae, Linux, and Kubernetes. She specializes in Linux kernel security, distributed systems, infrastructure management, and open source software engineering. In 2022 she authored Hacking Capitalism an independently published book about modeling the tech industry as a system. In 2017 she co-authored...

Dylan Beattie is a consultant, software developer and international keynote speaker. He’s the director of Ursatile, an independent consultancy based in London that specialises in helping organisations bridge the knowledge gap between software development and business strategy. Dylan has been building data-driven web applications since the 1990s; he’s managed teams, taught workshops, and worked on...

This is Jenn in her own words. I’m Jenn Junod, it’s lovely to meet you! As someone who thrives on human connection, I advocate for those who have gone unheard. My passion and experience create a space where people can come together, be it learning live, hosting Sh!t You Don't Want to Talk About, or being a Developcado. I am a developcado (devrel), speaker, podcast host, and live streamer. You can...

Jason Lengstorf is the host of Learn With Jason, where he pair programs live with web experts to learn something new in 90 minutes. He helps dev tooling companies create more effective media and outreach so they can better educate and connect with developer communities. Jason advocates for continued learning through collaboration and play. He is the undefeated smashburger champ and lives in Portla...

Liz is a developer advocate, labor and ethics organizer, and Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 18+ years of experience. She is currently the Field CTO at Honeycomb, and previously was an SRE working on products ranging from the Google Cloud Load Balancer to Google Flights. She lives in Vancouver, BC with her wife Elly, partners, and a Samoyed/Golden Retriever mix, and in Sydney, NSW. She plays...

Matty Stratton is the Director of Developer Relations at Aiven, a well-known member of the DevOps community, founder and co-host of the popular Arrested DevOps podcast, and the global chair of the DevOpsDays set of conferences.  Matty has over 20 years of experience in IT operations and is a sought-after speaker internationally, presenting at Agile, DevOps, and cloud engineering focused event...

Scott has been a developer for 30 years and has been blogging at https://hanselman.com for 20 years! He works in Open Source on .NET and the Azure Cloud for Microsoft out of his home office in Portland, Oregon. Scott has been podcasting for over 800 episodes of http://hanselminutes.com over 15 years and 700 episodes of http://www.azurefriday.com. He's written a number of technical books and spoken...

Mark is a cloud solution architect at Microsoft focused on cloud native architectures and DevOps. He has seen a lot of tech come and go but the current crop has intrigued him like nothing that has come before. The windmill at which he chooses to tilt are the technology practices of traditional enterprises. He is oddly optimistic on the prospects for real change.   You can follow Mark on Socia...

Glenn Block is a seasoned leader with 25 years+ experience in software engineering and product management. He is currently working on a stealth startup and also advising organizations on product strategy. Throughout his career, he worked at a number of hi-tech companies including Microsoft, Docusign, Auth0, and Splunk. Glenn has been a big advocate for the open source and developer community and w...

Ricardo is a principal developer advocate at Amazon Web Services; he works with builders, technology leaders and enterprise executives to help them transform their businesses.  Prior to joining AWS Ricardo worked for one of the largest professional services firms.  He has over twenty years of experience leading open source, emerging technology and innovation programmes. He has been worki...

You can follow Andres on Social Media  https://twitter.com/ajpinedam   Also checkout where Andres will be presenting  Caribbean Developers Conference: https://cdc.dev   PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST   - Spotify: http://isaacl.dev/podcast-spotify - Apple Podcasts: http://isaacl.dev/podcast-apple - Google Podcasts: http://isaacl.dev/podcast-google - RSS: http://isaacl.dev/...

Andy is a Developer Relations professional at Twitter.  Prior to joining Twitter in 2014, Andy was Developer Advocate for Cloud Foundry, the OSS Platform-as-a-Service, at VMware/Pivotal. Earlier, he spent 10 years at IBM; and 4 years at the UK Post Office, where he helped the company navigate the challenges of Y2K. Andy has over 20 years of experience with Linux, and with contributing to Open...

Georgia is a software engineer with 22 years of professional experienced, 20 of which were in the gaming industry working on AAA products such as Dark Age of Camelot, Madden, and Donkey Kong franchises.   You can follow Georgia on Social Media  https://twitter.com/fiercekittenz  http://www.fiercekitten.com/  PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST   - Spotify: http://isaacl.dev/po...

Joe Beda is a technologist with a history of working across many parts of our industry from web browsers to real time communication systems to cloud computing.  He started his career at Microsoft working on Internet Explorer and client platforms before moving on to Google. During his tenure at Google he started Google Compute Engine and helped start Kubernetes. He then co-founded Heptio and,...

Chris is a Senior Customer Engineer on the Fast Track for Azure team at Microsoft. He has a focus in modern applications built with DevOps, microservices, containers, Single Page Apps, RESTful APIs, and cloud technologies following agile practices. In his free time, Chris is a speaker at numerous meetups, an avid reader and a gamer.   You can follow Chris on Social Media  https://twitter...

Isaac is the npm inventor, founder npm, Inc, former Node BDFL and cofounder of Tier.run   You can follow Isaac Social Media  https://twitter.com/izs   https://izs.me/   PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST   - Spotify: http://isaacl.dev/podcast-spotify - Apple Podcasts: http://isaacl.dev/podcast-apple - Google Podcasts: http://isaacl.dev/podcast-google - RSS: http://isaacl.dev/...

David Pine works in Developer Relations at Microsoft, focusing on .NET and Azure developer content. He is recognized as a Google Developer Expert in Web Technologies, and is Twilio Champion. David focuses on the developer community, actively seeking opportunities to share knowledge through speaking engagements around the world. David advocates for open-source, the .NET Foundation, C#, TypeScript,...

Eric Lawrence has been working on the web in one way or another for over two decades now, including over fifteen years as a Program Manager at Microsoft. He created the Fiddler Web Debugger and a variety of other tools. After Fiddler was acquired, he spent three years working on it full-time, then spent two years helping bring HTTPS everywhere as a member of the Chrome Security team. In 2018, Eric...

Jay is a Senior Cloud Advocate at Microsoft, based in San Diego, Ca. A multipotentialite, Jay enjoys finding unique ways to merge his fascination with productivity, automation, and development to create tools and content to serve the tech community.   You can follow Jay Social Media  https://twitter.com/kjaymiller    PLEASE SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST   - Spotify: http://isaa...

Ram Iyengar is an engineer by practice and an educator at heart. He was (cf) pushed into technology evangelism along his journey as a developer and hasn’t looked back since! He enjoys helping engineering teams around the world discover new and creative ways to work. He is a proponent of community-first product development.   You can follow Ramon Social Media  https://twitter.com/ramiyeng...

With a diverse career that spans over eighteen years, Sarah has been a part of every aspect of the IT world. Sarah is a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT), Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) and ex-Microsoft employee.  Born and raised on a dairy farm in Scotland, Sarah holds true to her heritage by embracing the natural world through her appreciation for technology. For Sarah, technolo...

Amy Lewis is a Community Advocate by choice and Senior Director, Office of the CTO at Dick’s Sporting Goods by trade. Better known as @CommsNinja, Amy is a former co-host of the Geek Whisperers and Speaking in Tech podcasts, creator and former host of the video series TechConfessions, PopUpTechTalks, and Engineers Unplugged. She uses old-school tools (whiteboards and bacon) and new-school platform...

Martin is the Director of Developer Relations at GitHub where he helps developers and open source communities to create delightful things. Prior to that he was part of the team at Microsoft building the tooling for DevOps teams inside and outside the company where he helped change how the company built software, by helping them change how they work with open source communities and how they talk wi...

Ty is a Senior Staff Engineer at Uber where he leads the Android platform and is the chairman of Uber's Open-Source Technical Steering Committee. He has a passion for tools, frameworks, and open-source to help developers make great mobile apps. He is a Google Developer Expert for Android and Kotlin, engaging regularly with the community through conferences, open-source, and writing, as well as an...