#55 - Hacktoberfest & Open Source

<p>In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our guests, Open Source and the much-hyped Hacktoberfest.</p>
<h2><strong>Guests</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/mohamed.ezzarghili">Mohamed Ez-zarghili</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/zizwar0nline">Abderrahim Soubai Elidrissi</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/smakosh">Ismail Ghallou</a></li>
<li><a href="https://twitter.com/taoufikabbassid">Taoufik Abbassid</a></li>
</ul>
<h2><strong>Notes</strong></h2>
<p>0:02 - Introduction</p>
<p>0:06 - Tell us about your first experience with Open Source.</p>
<p>0:16 - What exactly is Open Source?</p>
<p>0:22 - A brief history of Open Source and why does it exit.</p>
<p>0:35 - Is Open Source necessarily attached to GitHub?</p>
<p>0:39 - What are your thoughts on Microsoft acquiring GitHub?</p>
<p>0:47 - GitLab Vs GitHub.</p>
<p>0:48 - Why do large companies Open Source their tech?</p>
<p>1:03 - Is it possible for someone to build a product from his Open Source project?</p>
<p>1:12 - Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge.</p>
<p>1:20 - Do Open Source projects have the most security vulnerabilities?</p>
<p>1:22 - Backdoors and vulnerabilities in Open Source-based products.</p>
<p>1:26 - What is Hacktoberfest?</p>
<p>1:29 - The story behind Hacktoberfest spam PRs.</p>
<p>1:34 - What Open Source is actually about?</p>
<p>1:38 - Donations and Open Source.</p>
<p>1:41 - What have you gained from Open Source as a contributor?</p>
<p>1:47 - What is PR (Pull Request)?</p>
<p>1:52 - Open Source in the Moroccan tech community.</p>
<p>2:02 - What are the requirements that aspiring Open Source contributors should meet?</p>
<p>2:10 - How to make a valuable contribution to an Open Source project for the first time?</p>
<p>2:19 - What are the challenges of maintaining a big Open Source project?</p>
<p>2:34 - What is the status of hackathons during Covid-19?</p>
<p>2:35 - Last words for Open Source enthusiasts.</p>
<p>2:46 - Wrap up and goodbye.</p>
<h2><strong>Links</strong></h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com/">Hacktoberfest</a></li>
<li><a href="https://geeksblabla.com/blablas/open-source-with-yassine-elouafi">Open Source with Yassine Elouafi</a></li>
<li><a href="https://developercircles2020.devpost.com/">Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/DevC-Casa/devc-casa-hacktoberfest">Devc-Casa repository to learn about open source code contributions flow</a></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/DevC-Casa/awesome-morocco">List of awesome Moroccan things for developers</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.freecodecamp.org/">freeCodeCamp</a></li>
<li><a href="https://goodfirstissue.dev/">Good First Issue</a></li>
<li><a href="http://issuehub.io/">Issue Hub</a></li>
</ul>
<h2>Prepared and Presented by</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://elazizi.com/">Youssouf El Azizi</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/MeriemZaid">Meriem Zaid</a></li>
</ul>