101 Track Overview

Introductory level content is extremely important to both experienced and early-career open source technologists. It can be used as an onramp and as a refresher.

The 2024 conference will feature a stand-alone track dedicated to 101-level content on Monday the 28th and Tuesday the 29th. 101 level sessions will also be featured on other tracks throughout both days.

See who’s speaking and what topics are being featured on the 101-specific track below. 

Monday, October 28

Dawn Wages' headshot

The Biggest Problems in Open Source Community Have Already Been Solved

Dawn Wages, Chair, Python Software Foundation

Brent laster's headshot

Introduction to Codeium: A free alternative to GitHub Copilot

Brent Laster, President and Lead Trainer, Tech Skills Transformations LLC

Pre-Open Source – A History Lesson

Dave Stokes, Technology Evangelist, Percona

Don Shin's headshot

Large Language Models (LLMs) – Building Applications with an Open Source Approach

Don Shin, Founder & CEO, CrossComm

Steven Pousty's headshot

Vector Databases – what, why, and how

Steven Pousty, Founder, Tech Raven Consulting

Tuesday, October 29

Brian MacDonald's headshot

Verbs, Not Nouns: Writing Documentation Users Want to Read

Brian MacDonald, Owner, MacDonald Editorial

Tzvika Shahaf's headshot

The State of Open Source Software in Organizations: Licenses, Security, Support, and Beyond

Tzvika Shahaf, Senior Director, Product Management – DevTools & OSS Management, Perforce

Data Driven Open Source

Amanda Martin, Director of Program Management, The Linux Foundation