From 4b4e7ff5f8ea7153925a371cc3d1e6ada3089d03 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James McDonald Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2019 21:37:22 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update FOSDEM post --- content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md | 17 ++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md b/content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md index a3d8579..e157b2a 100644 --- a/content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md +++ b/content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md @@ -47,9 +47,18 @@ Not at FOSDEM. Most of the time I found myself going up to these fantastic projects like Debian, GitLab or Apache and the conversation was mostly limited to "you guys are amazing, thanks for doing what you do". It was a good chance to find out what teams were working on in the FOSS world. In some cases, like -with Matrix in my case, it was handy to be able to go and chat to them after -seeing a talk about their project to get some more detail. They also provided -the opportunity to donate to projects by buying a wide array of merchandise. +with Matrix for me, it was useful to be able to go and chat to them after +seeing a talk about their project to get some more detail. The stands also +provided the opportunity to donate to projects by buying a wide array of +merchandise. + +I learned about a few projects I hadn't heard of too, like +[PostGraphile](https://www.graphile.org/postgraphile/), an tool to create a +GraphQL API pointing at your existing PostgreSQL database; +[IsardVDI](https://isardvdi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), a really neat tool to +manage KVM virtual desktops targeted at classroom-type environments; and +[Bazel](https://bazel.build/), a build tool to help you only run the tests you +need to. # Talks @@ -95,6 +104,8 @@ enthusiastic as he talked about his experiences living through the entire history of Unix and Linux. He ran out of time in the end, but luckily a riot was prevented when he was allowed to finish. +## BASIC Engine + # PGDay I also attended the FOSDEM PGDay the day before the main event. This was a