Utopian Open Source Radio Episode 15 - Full Show Recording Sept 26, 2018

WOW Hard Fork 20 and Quasar Framework! This show is super exciting. It is episode 15 of the Utopian Open Source Radio show! This 3-hour show was aired live on Wednesday, Sept. 26th thanks to the MSP Waves network. Marathon host @jedigeiss lead our discussion on the Hard Fork 20 and Quasar Framework. You can check out the full show at the end of this post.

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@jedigeiss downed some strong German coffee and held our attention for 3 hours. We had several talented witnesses with opinions as strong as Jedi's coffee as well as @nothingismagick of the Quasar Framework.

There was no shortage of @techslut awesomeness as she jumped in to the fray throughout the show to dish out her FOSS-flavoured humus!

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Show Timeline

0:00 - Introductions with @jedigeiss
0:07 - FOSS News with @techslut
0:27 - @nothingismagick chats with Jan about Quasar Framework
1:10 - Witnesses gather to discuss HF20 over a boiling cauldron
... This goes on for 2 hours!!!!!!!

Open Source News

This week @techslut brought us some great news from the FOSS world we all love. Read all about it here...

• NETFLIX FOR OPEN SOURCE' WANTS DEVELOPERS TO GET PAID

• With Linux’s founder stepping back, will the community change its culture?

• THE WOMAN BRINGING CIVILITY TO OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS

And some great memes :)

• Comedy Open Mic Round #32 - @themarkymark memes hard fork 20

A while back @techslut published a post telling about the Utopian meet-up in Italy . You can find the Pink link here.

Utopian Content

@jedigeiss and @techslut brought some exciting Utopian content this week. You can check out some of these cool stories in the Utopian Weekly.

You can also check out some outstanding Utopian contributions in the Top of Utopian.

Special Guests

@nothingismagick of the Quasar Framework came on the show to talk to us about the amazing thing that is Quasar.

According to quasar-framework.org:

Quasar (pronounced /ˈkweɪ.zɑɹ/) is an MIT licensed open-source framework (powered with Vue) that helps web developers create responsive++ websites/apps in many flavours:

SPAs (Single Page App)
SSR (Server-side Rendered App) (+ optional PWA client takeover)
PWAs (Progressive Web App)
Mobile Apps (Android, iOS, …) through Apache Cordova
Multi-platform Desktop Apps (using Electron)

Read more about Quasar here

Check out the Quasar Github repo here

Our second guest segment had several witnesses discussing concerns related to Hard Fork 20. There was a lot covered in this 2 hour discussion. Be sure to follow along in the recording for lots of great info.

The witnesses taking part were:
@lukestokes
@reggaemuffin
@themarkymark
@pharesim
@therealwolf
@helo

The Show

You can watch all of Episode 15 right here:

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