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CHAOSSCon and FOSDEM: open-source, health, and waffles

By Saransh Chopra, on 19 February 2025

I have experienced conferences before; I have experienced developer workshops; I have also experienced small meetups; what I never had experienced was FOSDEM, or the way I see it, Comic-Con for open-source people. FOSDEM (Free and Open Source Developers’ European Meeting) is an annual event organized by and for people involved with open-source software in […]

FOSDEM 2025: A Weekend of Talks, Conversations, and Controlled Chaos

By Christian Gutschow, on 17 February 2025

My first FOSDEM has come and gone, and what a whirlwind it was! Over 8,000 attendees, more than 1,000 talks, and 70 parallel tracks—all squeezed into two intense days, where no matter where you stood, you were never more than five minutes away from a place serving strong Belgian beer. It’s an overwhelming, exhilarating, and […]