In this episode of What Matters, PJ sits down with Dan Moore, Head of DevRel for FusionAuth, to discuss the importance of authentication to organizational security, open source authentication options, and whether blockchain has a future as an auth tool. 

Nailing DevOps might seem like an exercise in hiring the right people or getting the right tools — but successful DevOps journeys need to start with the right team culture. CircleCI Developer Advocate Angel Rivera joins PJ to discuss the importance of developing a collaborative DevOps culture, embracing failure, and understanding how the industry is changing. 

Does DevOps make things too easy, or does it abstract away so much that it makes developers' work harder in the long run? In this episode, PJ sits down with Kat Cosgrove, Developer Advocate for Pulumi, to talk about the evolution of DevOps tools, how infrastructure as code (or software) helps bring devs and ops teams closer together, and the mainstreaming of open source.     

We know what the Open Source and Startup world is like - but what about Community work in the enterprise?   PJ sits down with Chris DeMars to talk about how Rocket Mortgage engages with folks on the Open Source front, the community front, and also on Chris' passion, the #a11y front.

What makes Cloud First development so prevalent? If it's not the new hotness, why is it still how we get things done  when deploying apps? And where does Kubernetes and Docker fit in to all of this?

In this episode, accessibility expert and consultant Adrian Roselli sits down with our host, PJ, to discuss not just why we need accessible applications, but also how to get started and some easy tips and tools to use. This episode also features Ben Lloyd Pearson with the Open Source News. We chat about AI platforms for 3D printing, scholarships at the OpenSSF, and Open Source licensing issues at a TV company and from a former President.

We've been spending time building a better piece of collaboration software and in this episode we are going to go behind the curtain to talk to the Product Team and see what folks can expect from Mattermost 6.0! Katie Wiersgalla, Ian Tao, Eric Sethna, Chen Lim, and Aaron Rothchild join PJ to discuss everything new to the platform and all the features you've been waiting to see!

Starting on a new technology can be a daunting task. Sometimes, having other people along for the ride can make that easier. In this special episode, Elias Nahum and Miguel Altazar sit down to talk a bit about how they got started using React Native, what they learned during their journey, and how they helped each other every step of the way.

In the latest episode of What Matters, PJ sits down with Zef Hemel, Engineering Lead at Mattermost and musing writer, to discuss different kinds of motivation and what works in Open Source and at Mattermost.

We often vaunt the greatness of Open Source and skirt some of the lesser seen issues while focusing on the greatness of the communities we are a part of. What is it like for solo maintainers? Can we set our expectations on people writing code on nights and weekends, people who have other aspects to their lives? How do we keep vulnerable people in Open Source safe? Fortunately, our guest for this episode, Penelope Phippen, has navigated these waters.

Understanding how something works is a cornerstone to contributing to a project. In this episode PJ sits down with Mattermost's Senior Technical Writer, Carrie Warner to talk about her passion for creating useful documentation and helping people to understand technology. We also get into the Mattermost Docathon 2021! In Open Source News, Ben Lloyd Pearson chat with us about the Tidelift Open Source Maintainer Survey and let's us know how to get involved!

Navigating the world of tech can be difficult. What language should I learn? What technology will move my career forward? How do I get paid the big salary? Often looking to our leaders we see what we want. In this episode, PJ sits down with Bryan Liles, Principal Engineer with VMWare, to talk about how he built a career and how he empowers others to achieve their best, even with the deck stacked against them.

It's tradition that Mattermost hosts a conference to celebrate our successes, growth, and the passing of another great year. MatterCon has long been a part of Mattermost's community. With the changes brought by the pandemic, we began to wonder when MatterCon would happen again. Fortunately, a team including Hanna Park, Emily Cook, Justin Reynolds, and PJ Hagerty was able to build Virtual Reality Mattercon. NOTE: There are some audio discrepancies as we learned to record in VR :)

In the episode of What Matters, PJ sits down with Marie Roker-Jones, co-founder of Essteem, to discuss Equalithons - hackathons that benefit underrepresented groups in tech that also help build for the non-profit community! Whether you are an organization looking to be more inclusive or a coder looking to work for good, Equalithons help the community on all sides.

Plugins are an essential part of the Mattermost ecosystem and our team is always looking for ways to integrate more easily. Luckily, Aaron Rothschild and his team have been working on exactly that. In this episode PJ and Aaron talk about how serverless applications and the marketplace team up to make Mattermost more powerful for every user, regardless of expertise or programming language!

Part of collaboration is being able to organize things in a way everyone can benefit from. Doing it in a simple, open source way makes it even better. In this episode PJ sits down with Chen-i Lim and Jesus Espino from the FocalBoard team to talk about how the project got started, why innovation is important, and how open source tools can be the greatest asset to teams everywhere.

ChatOps is core to all things we do at Mattermost, but sometimes it can be difficult to discern the meaning or emotion behind the words. To find out more, PJ sat down with Craig Tucker, the founder of V.E.R.N. AI , a text based artificial intelligence tool that helps to understand the emotions of people communicating online.

In this episode, PJ Hagerty sits down with co-founder of BoundlessHQ , Eamon Leonard, to discuss Remote Work and what success means in the new way of working. PJ and Eamon discuss some of the ways remote work has changed, not just because of the pandemic, but also due to companies realizing how technologically dependent they truly are.

In this episode, PJ sits down with Senior Engineering Lead, Joram Wilander to talk about his new Open Source Friday initiative and what that means to the engineering team, to Mattermost at large, and to the communities we love to give back to.

In this episode, PJ sits down with founder and CEO of Kaleidos, Pablo Ruiz Muzquiz, to talk about how an initiative to build and innovate led to launching not one, but two Open Source products that are blowing the minds of their users: Taiga and Penpot.

In this episode we focus on two of our favorite subjects, Golang and the community. PJ sits down with Gautam Rege, founder and director at Josh Software and organizer of GopherCon India. The pair opine on missing non-virtual conferences, discuss the purpose behind making the switch to Go over other languages, and discuss why Open Source is a great model for community interaction.

Our latest episode finds host PJ Hagerty sitting down with Rocky Linux Community Manager Jordan Pisaniello to talk Open Source, forking repos, and how to give back to a community that gives so much to you. From the use of Mattermost to the need for everyone to pitch in on a project, you won't want to miss this one!

In this episode, PJ Hagerty sits down with our own Community Manager, Emily Cook, to chat about what’s going in the Mattermost community and the tech community in general. The pair look at everything from the unique position of Mattermost being a community first company to how the work being done to make it more inclusive and diverse.

In our latest episode of What Matters, host PJ Hagerty has a chat with Mattermost contributor and frequent guest blogger Tom De Moor to discuss some of the ways he's used Mattermost to work with communities affected by COVID-19. From an incident response integration that keeps an eye on vaccine refrigerators to contact tracing using emojis, Tom has stretched Mattermost further in order to make a safer environment.