#55 - Hacktoberfest & Open Source

In this episode of GeeksBlabla, we discuss with our guests, Open Source and the much-hyped Hacktoberfest. Guests Mohamed Ez-zarghili Abderrahim Soubai Elidrissi Ismail Ghallou Taoufik Abbassid Notes 0:02 - Introduction 0:06 - Tell us about your first experience with Open Source. 0:16 - What exactly is Open Source? 0:22 - A brief history of Open Source and why does it exit. 0:35 - Is Open Source necessarily attached to GitHub? 0:39 - What are your thoughts on Microsoft acquiring GitHub? 0:47 - GitLab Vs GitHub. 0:48 - Why do large companies Open Source their tech? 1:03 - Is it possible for someone to build a product from his Open Source project? 1:12 - Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge. 1:20 - Do Open Source projects have the most security vulnerabilities? 1:22 - Backdoors and vulnerabilities in Open Source-based products. 1:26 - What is Hacktoberfest? 1:29 - The story behind Hacktoberfest spam PRs. 1:34 - What Open Source is actually about? 1:38 - Donations and Open Source. 1:41 - What have you gained from Open Source as a contributor? 1:47 - What is PR (Pull Request)? 1:52 - Open Source in the Moroccan tech community. 2:02 - What are the requirements that aspiring Open Source contributors should meet? 2:10 - How to make a valuable contribution to an Open Source project for the first time? 2:19 - What are the challenges of maintaining a big Open Source project? 2:34 - What is the status of hackathons during Covid-19? 2:35 - Last words for Open Source enthusiasts. 2:46 - Wrap up and goodbye. Links Hacktoberfest Open Source with Yassine Elouafi Facebook Developer Circles Community Challenge Devc-Casa repository to learn about open source code contributions flow List of awesome Moroccan things for developers freeCodeCamp Good First Issue Issue Hub Prepared and Presented by Youssouf El Azizi Meriem Zaid