OS time: working on open source during company time We get to contribute to open source software at Phusion, like through maintaining the frontapp gem. Initially scratching our own itch, outside contributions make working on it really worth the while.
Livestreaming from Phusion HQ: adding a major feature to Passenger November 1st we'll be livestreaming the implementation of a major feature in Passenger. Register to join!
Hacktoberfest: celebrating Open Source in October October 2nd Phusion co-hosted the Amsterdam kick-off event for Hacktoberfest. We look forward to a month dedicated to open source software.
Building a GitHub App with Glitch, Probot & Recast.AI Yesterday I attended a Craftwork Amsterdam workshop with the promise to ‘create a GitHub App’. With the help of ‘Hubbers’ Don, Bas and Anisha we built a bot that triages GitHub issues. The assignment is to flag GH issues
You can’t learn in a vacuum: lessons from 6 open source software maintainers Lessons learned from the maintainers of 6 major Ruby projects on maintaining and contributing to open source software.
How to get familiar with a new Open Source project A variation on this list will provide a good recipe for getting into any open source project and community you're new to.
How this Amsterdam conference generated 35+ pull requests to vital Ruby OSS infrastructure in one day Open source projects that are part of the average Rubyist's toolbelt - like Homebrew and RVM - received an overwhelming amount of Pull Requests from new contributors at ROSS conf Amsterdam.
Why we're organizing an open source mini-conference in Amsterdam In one of the many efforts of giving back to the community, Phusion supports ROSS conf Amsterdam, a platform for (Ruby) open source software maintainers to introduce their projects to an audience of first time as well as existing contributors.
How to win friends and open-source your software Traveling Ruby, one of Phusion's open source projects, gets a massive overhaul. Find out how to make your work pull request-ready.