Coffee Talk #3 - Open Source

The third Coffee Talk centers around Open Source: how it works, why you should get started, and where to find repositories you can contribute to.

Łukasz Chludziński is a software developer with mobile background, skilled in React performance optimization. Likes to try new technologies such as ReScript, and talks about it on his podcasts.

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Michał Pierzchała - Head of Technology at Callstack, the owner of React Native Testing library. Core Jest & React Native Community contributor. He is one of our Callstack experts with years of hands-on experience.

In this Coffee Talk Michał and Łukasz discuss the Open Source space. They share their stories about the beginnings in Open Source, why they got involved and what exactly they needed Open Source for back then. 

Michał and Łukasz give plenty of ideas on how you can get started - how you can get excited to the point of wishing to contribute to a project! Among the most interesting suggestions is taking part in hackathons, meetups or other events where you can find a lot of like-minded enthusiasts and work on something together.

This and much more you can hear in the third episode of Coffee Talks. Pick up your favorite platform and enjoy listening! 

Also, check Callstack Open Source repos:

• react-native-paper
• repack
• react-native-testing-library
• react-native-builder-bob 
• react-native-pager-view
• linaria
• react-native-brownfield
• react-native-slider
• react-native-windows-hello