Communities in code
summary
Open source code story centered on Koha: a library system born in 1999 and now maintained by 489 contributors across the globe, developed at Catalyst with tools like git, IRC, command line, unit tests and a Bootstrap upgrade done by interns. A major recourse circulation feature is sponsored in 2017 and only merged in 2022 after 992 comments, illustrating slow iterative QA and shared ownership; cultural values named include manaakitanga, kotahitanga and mentorship.
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chapters (18)
- 0:00Prae introduces Aleisha
- 1:23Aleisha starts with a Pepeha (Māori introduction)
- 2:01Aleisha's self introduction in English
- 3:34Open Source software and culture
- 4:57About CatalystIT, an open source software company
- 6:00Intro to Koha open source library system
- 6:49How Koha started
- 7:45Nature of open source software
- 8:57Aleisha's introduction to Koha and open source
- 11:15Manaakitanga, Whanaungatanga, and Tuakana / Teina
- 12:21Open source development process
- 15:00Kotahitanga (shared ownership)
- 15:59What's it like to work in an open source software company
- 17:02Open source is very widely used
- 18:09Identity as an Open Source Developer
- 20:11Closing thoughts
- 21:04Audience question 1: Expand on what Aleisha meant by redefining what we think a junior is
- 23:40Audience question 2: How can we embody open source values in companies that don't use open source?
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