FOSS like a BOSS!

For some, open source software is a way of life. For others it's a dark and scary place -- full of fear, uncertainty and doubt. The hard reality is: nobody truly knows what they're doing and we're all just one teeny step from getting rumbled.

Let's explore what it takes to contribute to popular open source software and dispel the myths. By the end of the talk I guarantee you'll be throwing pull requests like a BOSS or your money back! (OK, maybe not that money part)

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1. FOSS
   LIKE A
   BOSS
   ANCIENT CITY RUBY 2016
   

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8. I ❤ POETRY
   

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11. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED BENETH
    

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12. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED BENETH
    TO ACR HE WAS INVITED AGAINETH
    

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13. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED BENETH
    TO ACR HE WAS INVITED AGAINETH
    HE DOTH SPOKE FOR A BIT
    

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14. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED BENETH
    TO ACR HE WAS INVITED AGAINETH
    HE DOTH SPOKE FOR A BIT
    SPEAKETH STRANGE RANDOM SHIT
    

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15. THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN NAMED BENETH
    TO ACR HE WAS INVITED AGAINETH
    HE DOTH SPOKE FOR A BIT
    SPEAKETH STRANGE RANDOM SHIT
    AND WON’T BE INVITED AGAINETH
    

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21. Yeaaaaah. I’m gonna go
    ahead and use a shitty
    mnemonic
    — Ben Lovell
    

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22. FREE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
    

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23. FREE OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE
    

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24. netflix is an
    affront to freedom
    — RMS
    

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26. USE OPEN SOURCE? !
    

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27. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!"!!!!!!!
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28. WHY
    CONTRIBUTE?
    

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29. WHAT THEY SAY
    WHAT THEY MEAN
    

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30. RAISE YOUR
    PUBLIC PROFILE
    

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31. BE CRITICISED BY
    ENTITLED PEOPLE
    (YOU’LL NEVER MEET THEM IN PERSON)
    

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32. TRAVEL THE WORLD!
    SPEAK AT CONFERENCES!
    

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33. MONTHS OF TALK PREPARATION
    AIRPORTS
    JET LAG
    AIRPORTS
    SPEAKING ANXIETY
    AIRPORTS
    AIRPORTS ! AIRPORTS
    

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34. ALTRUISM
    DEFINITION: THE PRINCIPLE OR PRACTICE OF UNSELFISH
    CONCERN FOR OR DEVOTION TO THE WELFARE OF OTHERS
    

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35. PROVIDE CRITICAL
    COMPONENTS TO BUSINESSES
    MAKING MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
    FOR NOTHING, ZERO, ZILCH!
    

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36. GITHUB CV
    

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40. I’M MEANT TO BE
    ENCOURAGING
    CONTRIBUTIONS
    

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42. maintaining open source for
    free is not sustainable
    long term
    — @radar
    

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43. and that’s why i quit
    — @radar
    

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44. users act like customers
    — @bbatsov
    

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45. but they are not your
    customers
    — @bbatsov
    

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46. they’re making money
    from your free time
    

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47. !
    

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48. !"
    

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49. !"#
    

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50. !
    

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51. !!
    

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52. !!!!!!!!!
    !!!!!!!!!
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63. As has been stated
    continuously in the press,
    people are using
    Javascript, Ruby and Java
    unabated.
    — Donald Trump
    

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64. open source is something
    other people do
    — someone, somewhen
    

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65. STORY TIME
    

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68. !
    

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74. £2.3BN EXPECTED
    

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75. £12BN ACTUAL
    

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76. !
    VAPOUR
    

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84. WHAT IS A
    CONTRIBUTION?
    

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85. WHATEVER GITHUB SAYS
    SORRY, NOT SORRY
    

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86. ✅ OPENING ISSUES
    

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90. ❌ CLOSING ISSUES
    

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91. GIVING
    THANKS ❤
    

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94. !!!!!!!!!
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97. TIMELINE PARADOX
    

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105. HELPING WITH OPEN ISSUES
     

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106. If you use a gem at work,
     attempt to go through its
     issues list and see if
     there's something that you
     could fix.
     — @radar
     

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107. DONATION
     

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108. MY £176.80 PROMISE
     @BENLOVELL
     

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109. MY $250 PROMISE
     @BENLOVELL
     

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111. OUTREACH
     

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118. DOCS
     

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120. CODE MERGED
     TO MASTER
     LIKE… DUH
     

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121. LEFT PAD?
     

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122. CODE CONTRIBUTION
     CHECKLIST
     

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123. 1. BIG FEATURE?
     CHECK WITH
     THE MAINTAINER
     

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125. 2. READ THE FUCKING
     CONTRIBUTING.md
     

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126. 3. UNDERSTAND
     IT MAY NEVER BE MERGED
     

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129. WON’T RELOCATE
     TO SAN FRANCISCO
     

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133. WAITING
     FOR REVIEW?
     

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134. DON’T
     

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136. FUCKING
     

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138. INCESSANTLY
     

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140. PING
     

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142. THE MAINTAINER(S)
     

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148. THE BIT WHERE HE TRIES TO
     RATIONALISE A SEEMINGLY
     RANDOM COLLECTION OF MEMES
     AND LARGELY UNRELATED
     THINGS BUT WITH SOME
     SEMBLANCE OF A THEME THAT
     ISN’T ENTIRELY COHERENT BUT
     PROBABLY HAS SOME DEEPER
     MEANING BUT MAYBE NOT
     

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149. MAINTAINERS ARE
     A SCARCE RESOURCE
     

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150. FREE AS IN !
     OPEN-SOURCE IS !"
     

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151. GIVE THANKS ❤
     

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152. CONTRIBUTE
     BY ANY MEANS
     

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156. HOT SINGLE SHARKS
     IN YOUR AREA
     

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161. NO BITES YET…
     

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163. !
     

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166. RAPTUROUS
     APPLAUSE
     ! ! !
     @BENLOVELL
     DON’T FORGET THE $250 THING
     

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