Andrew Kelley

Zig is a free and open source software project backed by Zig Software Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. It sustainably funds 4 people full-time. The project is active and has a rapidly growing user base. I'll share briefly about the story of how it came to be, and then focus the presentation on what lessons I think are transferable to others looking to make similar ventures, make note of which things might be unique to ZSF in particular, and share some other observations I've made along the way, as I dipped my feet into business. In particular this talk will focus on the practical aspects of running a non-profit for a software project.

Ampere Computing has grown in the public cloud by 297% over the last year, combined with AWS’s Graviton, ARM64 server instances have grown over 23%. Yet, the first one came out over 10 years ago. Why the explosion in growth today? Environmental concerns? Language support? Tools? Awareness? What still needs to happen to continue this growth? Join us for a panel discussion about the status of ARM64 Servers and their future in the data center.

Other people: Aaron Williams Dave Neary Erik Benner Lance Albertson