"My greatest achievement is my ability to entertain people. It took a lot of annoying people before I was able to make them smile."

Check out our #interview with Lindsay K Ammons in issue 19

#contributors #writers #authors #authorinterviews #authorinterview #authorlife #humor #funny

https://onceuponacrocodile.wordpress.com/current-issue/issue-19-interviews/an-interview-with-lindsay-k-ammons/

Meet Bud Kraus of the USA! 🇺🇸

Bud's experience and dedication are helping strengthen open source contributions and collaboration.

We're excited to see his continued impact this year.

Join us in celebrating Bud's work! 🌐

#OpenSource #TechLeadership #Contributors

Meet Alex Cuadra of Nicaragua! 🇳🇮

Alex is bringing energy and insight to open source, contributing to tools and conversations that move the ecosystem forward.

We're honored to have Alex in our 2026 cohort.

Help us celebrate Alex and his work in this space. 🎉

#OpenSource #GlobalTech #Contributors

→ Friends Don't Let Friends Use Ollama
https://sleepingrobots.com/dreams/stop-using-ollama/

“#Ollama’s entire inference capability comes from llama.cpp, the C++ #inference engine created by Georgi Gerganov in March 2023. Gerganov’s project is what made it possible to run LLaMA models on consumer #laptops at all, he hacked together the first version in an evening, and it kicked off the entire #local LLM movement. […] It’s truly #community-driven, #MIT-licensed, and under active development with 450+ #contributors.”

#LLM

Meet Krupa Nanda of India! 🇮🇳

Krupa is helping shape open source through thoughtful contributions and a commitment to shared progress.

We're excited to see the impact she'll continue to make throughout 2026 as a Support Inclusion in Tech contributor.

✨ Stay tuned for more from Krupa.

#OpenSource #Contributors #Tech

Recognising contributors to FreeBSD

Spun off from (Linux) Fedora Verified: Help Shape a New Way to Recognize Fedora Contributors | BSD Cafe Billboard

FreeBSD Project

https://framapiaf.org/@[email protected]/116478621827645455

– redirects to https://social.bsdlab.au/notice/B5jMI1FY3WtTTWqvNA:

Something the #FreeBSD core team could consider. This is something that has probably been needed for a while @[email protected]

My initial thoughts:

[...]

https://billboard.bsd.cafe/post/393

“Even if it’s at the cost of missing some of the talks, as a volunteer you are where the action is and you have a chance to get more experiences out of the conference.”

Read our full interview with @mborus, member of the Operations team for EuroPython 2025 https://blog.europython.eu/humans-of-ep-martin-borus/

#europython #conference #volunteers #python #contributors #europython2025 #opensource