diff --git a/content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md b/content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md index 16bbd0a..8b0ae38 100644 --- a/content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md +++ b/content/posts/2019-02-04-fosdem.md @@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ quite daunting, but the organisers took a lot of effort to make it easy to navigate from place to place with a lot of clear signage and timetable information. -PGDay (see below) was at the Marriott Grand Place, which was pretty much a -regular conference venue as far as the event was concerned. Free running coffee -and a chair is all I require. I can recommend their steak, though. - # Stands There were many stands run by all the FOSS projects we know and love. The @@ -43,16 +39,17 @@ companies. Everyone wants to sell you something you've never heard of and get your details so they can send you spammarketing information. 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 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. +projects like [Debian](https://www.debian.org/), +[GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/) or [Apache](https://www.apache.org/) 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 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 +[PostGraphile](https://www.graphile.org/postgraphile/), a 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 @@ -145,19 +142,6 @@ dearly have enjoyed to hear those stories! I really can't capture his particular charm and humour here, so I strongly suggest you check out the talk yourself. -# PGDay - -I also attended the FOSDEM PGDay the day before the main event. This was a -great event in its own right, with several interesting talks. - -I was particularly interested by a couple of the talks. - -## Anonymisation - -## Encryption - -Also I got a fluffy Slonik. - # Thanks I'd like to thank the fantastic people who take the time and effort to organise