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@@ -29,10 +29,6 @@ quite daunting, but the organisers took a lot of effort to make it easy to
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navigate from place to place with a lot of clear signage and timetable
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information.
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PGDay (see below) was at the Marriott Grand Place, which was pretty much a
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regular conference venue as far as the event was concerned. Free running coffee
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and a chair is all I require. I can recommend their steak, though.
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# Stands
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There were many stands run by all the FOSS projects we know and love. The
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@@ -43,16 +39,17 @@ companies. Everyone wants to sell you something you've never heard of and get
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your details so they can send you <s>spam</s>marketing information.
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Not at FOSDEM. Most of the time I found myself going up to these fantastic
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projects like Debian, GitLab or Apache and the conversation was mostly limited
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to "you guys are amazing, thanks for doing what you do". It was a good chance
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to find out what teams were working on in the FOSS world. In some cases, like
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with Matrix for me, it was useful to be able to go and chat to them after
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seeing a talk about their project to get some more detail. The stands also
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provided the opportunity to donate to projects by buying a wide array of
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merchandise.
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projects like [Debian](https://www.debian.org/),
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[GitLab](https://about.gitlab.com/) or [Apache](https://www.apache.org/) and
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the conversation was mostly limited to "you guys are amazing, thanks for doing
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what you do". It was a good chance to find out what teams were working on in
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the FOSS world. In some cases, like with Matrix for me, it was useful to be
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able to go and chat to them after seeing a talk about their project to get some
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more detail. The stands also provided the opportunity to donate to projects by
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buying a wide array of merchandise.
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I learned about a few projects I hadn't heard of too, like
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[PostGraphile](https://www.graphile.org/postgraphile/), an tool to create a
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[PostGraphile](https://www.graphile.org/postgraphile/), a tool to create a
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GraphQL API pointing at your existing PostgreSQL database;
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[IsardVDI](https://isardvdi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/), a really neat tool to
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manage KVM virtual desktops targeted at classroom-type environments; and
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I really can't capture his particular charm and humour here, so I strongly
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suggest you check out the talk yourself.
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# PGDay
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I also attended the FOSDEM PGDay the day before the main event. This was a
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great event in its own right, with several interesting talks.
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I was particularly interested by a couple of the talks.
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## Anonymisation
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## Encryption
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Also I got a fluffy Slonik.
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# Thanks
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I'd like to thank the fantastic people who take the time and effort to organise
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