Although IMHO nadia has overfocused on the javascript infrastructure rather than all the C and kernel stuff that runs as root, I am really happy with much of what she's published so far. I don't know if there will be a Q&A session on this talk.

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Nadia Eghbal is particularly interested in infrastructure, governance, and the economics of the internet - and how the dynamics of these subjects play out in software, online communities and generally living life online.
 
Eghbal, who interviewed hundreds of developers while working to improve their experience at GitHub, argues that modern open source offers us a model through which to understand the challenges faced by online creators. Her new book, Working in Public: The Making and Maintenance of Open Source Software, is about open source developers and what they tell us about the evolution of our online social spaces.
 
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