All Things Git

Edward talks to Patricia Aas, a veteran C++ developer, about how read a brand new codebase, understand it, and how to get started contributing to it.

Patricia Aas is a programmer who has worked mostly in C++ and Java. She has spent her career continuously delivering from the same code-base to a large user base, from working on two browsers (Opera and Vivaldi), to working on embedded telepresence endpoints for Cisco. She is focused on the maintainability and flexibility of software architecture, and how to extend it to provide cutting edge user experiences. Her focus on the end users has led her work more and more toward privacy and security, and she has recently started her own company, TurtleSec, hoping to contribute positively to the infosec and C++ communities. She is also involved in the #include<C++> organization hoping to improve diversity and inclusion in the C++ community.

Show Notes

• Patricia Aas
  • Twitter: @pati_gallardo
  • LinkedIn
• TurtleSec
• #include<C++>
  • Deconstructing Privilege
  • Survival Tips For Women In Tech
• NDC London

Edward and Martin talk with Joe Nash about using Git in education, self-diagnosed OCD around capitalization, and using pull requests in non-development workflows.

Joe is the student program manager at GitHub, where his work aims to help student leaders build inclusive learning communities. When not capitalising the H in GitHub, Joe can usually be found talking about the educational benefits of hackathons, or rolling d20s.

Show Notes

• Joe Nash
• Joe helps explain Git and GitHub
• Edward obeys his competitor's brand guidance
• Uncanny Valley
• Chrome extensions for GitHub
  • Octotree
  • Refined GitHub
• PiNet, a system for Raspberry Pi classrooms
• David Newbury on Git concepts:

  Git reminds me of some academic concepts. You can teach it, but It only really makes sense if you know the history of what came before and have worked at a level of complexity where you NEED it. Once you get there it changes your worldview but explaining why that’s so is SO hard.
  David Newbury (@workergnome)

Edward talks to Keith Dahlby, the creator and maintainer of posh-git, about tech conferences, what it's like to be a Microsoft MVP, and PowerShell versus unix shells.

Keith Dahlby is a father, a web developer, a git enthusiast, a language geek, and a nine-time C# MVP from Cedar Rapids, IA. By day, he accelerates world-changing ideas from Iowa with NewBoCo, and he teaches at DeltaV code school. By night, he is a promiscuous open-source contributor. He previously architected the e-commerce platform at J&P Cycles. His open source efforts include posh-git, a git environment for PowerShell, Griddle, a grid component for React, and up-for-grabs.net, a site featuring open source projects looking to mentor new contributors. He was also a core contributor to LibGit2Sharp.

Show Notes

• Keith Dahlby
• posh-git
• That Conference
  • Cori Drew and Katelyn Drew
• Removing use of English expletives in libgit2

Edward talks to Bradley Kuhn and Karen Sandler, the co-founders of the Software Freedom Conservancy, a non-profit that supports free and open source software projects, including git.

Bradley Kuhn is a distinguished technologist at the Software Freedom Conservancy and he's worked on free software non-profits for many years, including co-founding the Conservancy with Karen. Karen Sandler is the Executive Director of the Software Freedom Conservancy, and she's most well-known for trying to find the source code for her pacemaker defibrillator.

Show Notes

• Bradley Kuhn
• Karen Sandler, and on Twitter: @o0karen0o
• Software Freedom Conservancy, a not-for-profit charity that helps promote, improve, develop, and defend Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects, including git.

• Outreachy, a project by the Software Freedom Conservancy that provides three-month internships for people from groups traditionally underrepresented in tech.

• Git / Software Freedom Conservancy Status Report (2018)
• Git's Trademark Status and Policy
• libgit2 is joining the Software Freedom Conservancy

It's easy to become a supporter of the Software Freedom Conservancy and help support that they do with git and other free and open source software projects.

We're supporters - are you?

Edward is joined by Anders Borum, the developer behind Working Copy, a Git client for iOS.

Anders Borum is a independent app developer from Copenhagen. He has been making iPhone and iPad apps since 2009 struggling to make a living through his own apps instead of consulting work. Since 2014 he has been working on a Git client for iOS.

Show Notes

• Working Copy, a Git client for iOS
• Working Copy in the App Store
• @workingcopyapp on Twitter