So… welcome to 2021. We’re looking forward to a better year overall, even with some “interesting” beginnings.
To start you out this year, while we’re working on our 2021 meetups and interviews, we want to highlight a few great discussions we’ve had within the community over the past couple of months.
Our first of the year is an interview / fireside chat between Dan Abramov and James McLeod, recorded at the Open Source Strategy Forum (which is FINOS’s annual open source in financial services conference).
Dan is a software engineer at Facebook, member of the React Core team, co-author of Create React App - and well regarded in the javascript community.
James is our Director of Community for FINOS, and host for many of our Open Source in Fintech Podcasts and Meetups.
During this interview we learn whether a project like React would work without backing from a large company like Facebook, whether Hacktoberfest raised issues for the React Core team, and how Facebook promotes InnerSource projects to open source, and more.
So please enjoy this interview, check out our previous episodes, and subscribe to the podcast for some great upcoming discussions on open source, financial services, fintech, and how they all fit together.
Dan Abramov's Bio
Facebook Software Engineer, Member of the React Core Team, and Co-author of Create React App
Dan Abramov is a software engineer at Facebook, member of the React Core team and co-author of Create React App. Prior to joining Facebook, Dan co-authored Redux, a predictable state container for JavaScript applications, which catapulted Dan as an influential conference speaker and successful Twitter commentator.
About the Open Source in Fintech Podcast
Did you know that FINOS has a podcast? Our Director of Community, James McLeod, and Marketing Manager, Grizz Griswold regularly speak with our community about FINOS projects and interesting topics at the cross section of financial services and open source.
The FINOS Open Source in Fintech Podcast celebrates open source projects and interesting topics at the cross section of financial services and open source. So far, our industry experts have discussed practical applications of and their real-world experiences with a range of open source projects including desktop interoperability, low code platforms, synthetic data, and data modeling. They’ve also discussed best practices for inner source, common myths about open source and why commercial companies choose to introduce open source offerings. Tune in and subscribe to hear what comes next.