Candid Contribution explores navigating open source and tech communities through parenthood, ageing, and menopause—covering maternity leave, conference speaking while pregnant, “mum guilt,” brain changes, and normalising workplace conversations, offering candid insights into evolving contribution and community.
Umbraco HQ hosts a panel discussion with experts Emma Burstow, Chris Osterhout, and Zoja Antuchevič on open source software security. They address misconceptions, stressing community involvement, transparency, and effective implementation. The discussion emphasizes the importance of education in procurement, a collaborative approach to risk management, and balancing developer freedom with security measures.
Sebastiaan and Lotte from the Umbraco DevRel team thanked contributors for PRs to their open-sourced Cloud repository, then shared key learnings: simplifying version handling in GitHub Actions, avoiding saving sensitive artifacts, optimizing builds, and automating frontend asset inclusion.
At Umbraco DevRel Towers, the team is developing a new community website to enhance user contributions while ensuring sensitive data remains secure. They propose a workflow utilizing Umbraco Cloud and GitHub Actions for deployment, inviting community feedback on the contribution process and offering guidance for setting up local repositories without sensitive information.
In this piece, Umbraco emphasizes that open source software offers organizations transparency, flexibility, and long-term value, contrasting it with traditional proprietary systems. It highlights the benefits of community-driven security, developer engagement, and adaptability, asserting that investing in open source fosters innovation and resilience, supported by a stable business model.