Erica Joy (@EricaJoy) joins Ashley McNamara (@ashleymcnamara) to share her not-so-secret personal mission: making genealogy information open, queryable, and easily parsable. She shares a bit about why this is so critical, common challenges, and tips for re-building your own family tree - or using open data to uncover whatever the information you need for your personal mission. In summary: you'll learn what open data is, where existing datasets fall short, and a few ways to get involved and start applying to your projects. 00:54 What is open data? 02:40 Tips for others researching their family history 04:00 Challenges with open data sets Explore open source at Microsoft Free Azure trial Download US Census dataset :https://www.census.gov/data/datasets.html Check out Internet Archive: https://archive.org/ Erica's favorite open source genealogy tools and services: The Brantley Association Southampton Project: An excellent example of what data could be available for every county. Reclaim The Records: A non-profit working to put historical/genealogical data sets in the public domain. BlackProGen: A group of professional genealogists who research and document African American families.

Oliver Gould (@olix0r), CTO at Buoyant and one of the creators of Linkerd, joins Lachie Evenson (@LachlanEvenson) to talk Rust: one of StackOverflow's most loved programming languages for the 4th year running. Specifically, how and why Linkerd rewrote 2.0 in Rust, what's changed over the years, and get Oliver's tips for navigating tooling, package management, release channels, and more. 00:24 Why Linkerd chose to write in Rust 02:36 Oliver describes how performance changed in Rust 03:42 Is Rust production-ready? 05:02 The developer experience in Rust Explore open source at Microsoft Free Azure trial Watch "All About Rust" Open Source Show episode Learn more about Rust: https://www.rust-lang.org/https://rust-lang.org/learnhttps://rust-lang.org/communityRust Language Server (RLS) Cargo, Rust's package managercrates.ioLearn more about Buoyant + Linkerd: Project websites: https://buoyant.iohttps://linkerd.ioGitHub repos: https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2https://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2-proxyResources Linkerd Getting Started GuideLinkerd docsSlack: #linkerd2 channel Stack Overflow survey

Baruch Sadogurksy (@jbaruch), Head of Developer Relations at JFrog, and Aaron (@arschles), Cloud Advocate at Microsoft and Project Athens Maintainer, talk about the art of DevOps for Open Source – balancing contributor needs with the core DevOps principles: people, process, and tools. You'll learn how to future-proof your projects, avoid the dreaded "Bus Factor," and get Aaron and Baruch's advice for evaluating and selecting tools, soliciting contributor input and "voting," documenting processes, and so much more. 00:30 DevOps at the intersection of people, process and tools01:48 Tip #1: Making decisions for the project02:41 Tip #2: The importance of documentation04:10 Tip #3: Select open source cloud tooling and services Resources: Learn More Free Azure trial Project Athens Tools and Services: Netlify and Hugo for building and hosting docs CircleCI for Kubernetes/Helm testing Drone CI for Linux Unit & Integration testingAzure Pipelines & ACR for windows testingDockerHub for hosting public docker images CodeCov.io for public code coverage reports Go report card for public code quality reports Codetriage.com for helping new contributors get involved Makeapullrequest.com for docs for brand new OSS contribs Planning: Github projectsLive weekly dev meetings on ZoomCheck out Slack Channels: slack.com #Athens and #GoCenter Learn more about JFrog: GoCenter website and GitHubJFrog for Open Source Learn more about Project Athens: GitHubDocs Learn more about Azure: Azure DevOps ServicesAzure Pipelines Additional Resources: Aaron's blog"The Bus Factor"Aaron's blog on "Stepping Away"

Oliver Gould (@olix0r), CTO at Buoyant and one of the creators of Linkerd, joins Lachie Evenson (@LachlanEvenson) to talk about Rust – which was ranked the "the most loved programming language" in StackOverflow's 2019 Developer survey. Oliver shares the fundamentals, why and where it's used, and top tips for anyone looking to get started. You'll learn about Oliver's journey with Rust, what led Oliver to use Rust for Linkerd's data plane (spoiler: speed, safety and a strong community), and more. 00:51 What type of developer uses Rust?02:29 Why did Linkerd choose to use Rust?03:12 History of Rust04:24 Oliver's journey using Rust Learn more Free Azure Trial Stack Overflow survey Learn more about Rust: rust-lang.orgrust-lang.org/learnrust-lang.org/communityCrates.ioTokio.rsHyperresearch.mozilla.org/rustLearn more about Buoyant + Linkerd: buoyant.iolinkerd.iohttps://github.com/linkerd/linkerd2Slack.linkerd.io - #linkerd2 channel Check out: Azure IoT Edge

Baruch Sadogurksy (@jbaruch), Head of Developer Relations at JFrog, and Aaron (@arschles), Cloud Advocate at Microsoft and Project Athens Maintainer, talk all things Go Dependencies, Modules, and how and why GoCenter and Project Athens combine speed and immutability of builds for Go developers everywhere. You'll learn the history of Go modules and the problems they solve, why Baruch thinks vendoring is the worst kind of forking, and how GoCenter, Artifactory, and Project Athens create a multi-layered cache – providing an additional layer of security and protection from failures, silent or otherwise. 02:16 New dependency management system03:06 What Go Modules can do for you04:14 How the Athens Project started06:00 Why is immutability important? Learn more Create a Free Azure account Learn more about JFrog: • GoCenter or GoCenter on Github • Artifactory Join Gophers.slack.com and check out #Athens and #GoCenterCheck out Project Athens: • GitHub • Docs Follow @jbaruch Follow @arschles Follow @openatmicrosoft

William Morgan (@wm), CEO at Buoyant and Linkerd maintainer, joins Lachie Evenson (@LachlanEvenson) to dive deeper into service meshes (want a refresher? Check out Intro to Service Meshes: Data Planes, Control Planes, and More in the links below). You'll learn about the "Golden Signals" that make it easier to monitor a distributed cloud native application, how the extra layer of abstraction makes it easier to operate and troubleshoot, and that you can in fact use a service mesh to monitor a service mesh. [01:40] Understanding the layers of a service mesh [02:41] How service meshes help with diagnostics [03:42] Who is maintaining the service mesh [04:46] Can I monitor the service mesh with the service mesh? Learn more Create a Free Azure account Learn more about Linkerd Check out Linkerd GitHub Join Linkerd on Slack Watch Intro to Service Meshes: Data Planes, Control Planes, and More Follow @wm Follow @lachlanevenson Follow @openatmicrosoft

Baruch Sadogursky (@jbaruch), Head of Developer Relations at JFrog, and Aaron Schlesinger (@arschles) - both passionate conference speakers and attendees - share their tips for navigating the sea of conferences. You'll learn why: Content + Networking = ROI (bigger isn't always better!), how to evaluate sessions, speakers, topics, and ways to prioritize the conferences you attend. Aaron and Baruch talk about going from attending sessions to presenting them, including advice for overcoming imposter syndrome, finding conferences that help first-time speakers, and what to include in your call for proposals (CFPs) submission. Learn More Create a Free Azure Account Read Baruch's blog and see his past presentationsCheck out Presentation Patterns Check out "The Ultimate Guide to Memorable Tech Talks" blog series Watch "How to Find and Host Community Meetups" Follow @jbaruch Follow @arschles Follow @openatmicrosoft

Armon Dadgar (@armon), HashiCorp CTO and co-founder, and Aaron Schlesinger (@arschles) walk us through the core concepts of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and how it goes beyond what people typically think when they hear "Infrastructure." They break down the what, when, how, and why IaC makes developers' lives easier, whether you're running a simple application or have a complex, multi-node system. You'll learn how you can use HashiCorp Terraform to get up and running with IaC, going from nothing to a complete carbon copy of your production environment at the click of button (read: you focus on building, testing, and deploying, not spinning up test environments and hoping they're close to what's in production). 00:58 What do we mean by infrastructure as code?02:45 Key value of infrastructure as code04:07 How does Terraform work?05:22 How do I get started with Terraform right now? Learn More Create a Free Azure Account Watch Azure Friday ft HashiCorp Terraform Learn more about HashiCorp Terraform Check out HashiCorp Learn Read HashiCorp Blog Follow @armon Follow @arschles Follow @openatmicrosoft

Armon Dadgar (@armon), HashiCorp CTO and co-founder, and Aaron Schlesinger (@arschles) talk about how and why HashiCorp Vault is a security and open source product: two things traditionally considered at odds. You'll learn how to avoid secret sprawl and protect your apps' data, ways for contributors and maintainers to enhance the security of any project, and why you should trust no one (including yourself). [01:43] - What is secret sprawl and how do we avoid it? [03:17] - What is the 1,000 eyes principle? [06:35] - The tripod approach [08:47] - Additional resources Learn More Create a Free Azure Account HashiCorp Vault on Azure Using HashiCorp Vault with Azure Kubernetes Service Learn more about HashiCorp Vault Check out HashiCorp Learn Read HashiCorp Blog Learn more about secret sprawl Follow @armon Follow @arschles Follow @openatmicrosoft

Long-time friends Erica Baker (@EricaJoy), Engineering Manager and Project Include co-founder, and Ashley McNamara (@ashleymcnamara) talk how to create, keep, and find diverse, inclusive workplaces. You'll learn why Erica joined other women in tech to create Project Include – and how you can use it to make YOUR workplace more welcoming, from compensation to resolving conflicts. ...but, it's not a complete solution. Erica and Ashley share their top tips for figuring out prospective employers' attitudes toward diversity and inclusivity, fighting bias in the interview process "No.👏More. 👏Whiteboard. 👏Interviews. 👏), the things hiring managers need to know, and so much more. 00:27 History of Project Include 02:19 Tips for Hiring Managers 3:05 Tips for Applying for a Job 03:29 3 Tips for Interviewers Learn More Create a Free Azure AccountLearn more about Project Include Check your job descriptions Read "The Manager's Path" (Camille Fournier) Follow @ ericajoy Follow @ashleymcnamara Follow @openatmicrosoft