Programming

Quite a few! And so many overlap! Thankfully they're all supposed to be live streamed and recorded. An excerpt of my personal schedule:

• https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/LHANGM-open_source_in_public_utilities_-collaboration_with_diy_communities_for_better/

• https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/UQUCFW-the_buyout_how_the_open_source_community_liberated_its_own_platform/

• https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/FXLB7M-outside_the_beaten_path_of_css/

• https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/3EEZZB-open-source-batteries/

• https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/WQBBR9-map-your-grid/

• https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/GTZSA8-docspec/

• https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/K7YXFT-gotweb/

• https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/SK3Z3Q-epaper-driving-waveforms-explained/

This is just Saturday...

Since that whole vibe-coded Cloudflare Matrix nonsense and associated attempted retcon -- see here for context -- I am looking forward to a talk on how Matrix actually works.

Specifically, I'd like to know what aspects of a secure, decentralized message platform are particularly hard. That's in the context of whether Matrix can ever grow into a bona fide Signal competitor (nb: Signal remains the gold standard), and also whether Matrix would function well as a Discord replacement, even if it doesn't have as strong of group chat privacy and encryption protections.

Hoping for a big announcement from CalyxOS

Apparently some interesting XMPP talks, but I haven't had a closer look at the schedule yet