A Mortgage lawyer had dream to work full time in technology and policy, The journey started long ago with a new mum reading "Intellectual Property and Open Source: A Practical Guide to Protecting Code" by Van Lindberg, to her keep entertained during breastfeeding sessions.Then from meaning of…
CRA, EU Cyber Resilience Act, has stirred a lot of discussion in the Open Source Communities. Will my project be usable in EU anymore? What are my responsibilities as a developer of open source software? My software is shipped with a commercial software, does it make me a manufacturer? Open…
After 145+ commits spread over multiple PRs, 450+ conversations and feedback, and accountable communication via several different communication mediums spanning over 2 years, the Ansible Release Management is finally completely automated, using GitHub Actions. When I joined Red Hat in November 2022, I was tasked with releasing the Ansible Community…
Since the very inception of my journey in Python and PyLadies, I have always thought of having a PyLadies Conference, a celebration of PyLadies. There were conversations here and there, but nothing was fruitful then. In 2023, Mariatta, Cheuk, Maria Jose, and many more PyLadies volunteers around the globe made…
Over the years, when I am low, I always go to the 2014 Euro Python talk "Farewell and Welcome Home: Python in Two Genders" by Naomi. It has become the first step of my coping mechanism and the door to my safe house. Though 2024 marked my Euro…
It is July, and it is time for Euro Python, and 2024 is my first Euro Python. Some busy days are on the way. Like every other conference, I have my diary, and the conference days are full of various activities. Day 0 of the main conference After a long…
Execution Environments serves us the benefits of containerization by solving the issues such as software dependencies, portability. Ansible Execution Environment are Ansible control nodes packaged as container images. There are two kinds of Ansible execution environments * Base, includes the following * fedora base image * ansible core * ansible collections : The following set…
'Fosdem ain't like any other conference.' "Ahh, such an overrated statement, I thought to myself." I have been attending and organizing events for years now. "I attended PyCon US with 3500+ attendees and organized a conference with 1000+ people; most importantly, I come…