Fen Aldrich, a Developer Advocate with Equinix, talks about their open source partner program and giving back to the open source community. Fen highlights collaborative relationships they've established with key projects, serving as a testing ground and leveraging their surplus of hardware and network resources. We discussed that appreciating the human aspect of tech is crucial, as all technical systems ultimately depend on human innovation and interaction. We also nerd out a bit about the basics of networking and the technology underneath the magic we all take for granted. 00:00 Introduction02:57 Deep Dive into Networking Basics09:33 Exploring the Importance of Corporate Open Source Contributions19:54 Understanding the Interconnectedness in Open Source Guest: Fen Aldrich is a Developer Advocate at Equinix Metal and an organizer for DevOpsDays events in the northeast US. Passionate about Resilience Engineering and Mental Health in the tech industry, they believe that every technology problem is ultimately, when you get right down to it, a people challenge. Find their work at speaking.crayzeigh.com, and connect on twitter @crayzeigh or mastodon @[email protected]