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Julia Ferraioli is a technical program manager focused on open source compliance, sustainability, tooling, and research. Her background includes research in machine learning, robotics, HCI, and accessibility. Julia finds energy in developing creative demos, creating beautiful documents, and rainbow sprinkles. She’s also a fierce supporter of LaTeX, the Oxford comma, and small pull requests.

Bringing together a social model of open source

There’s more to open source than what fits into a license. Julia Ferraioli paints a picture of OS based on the people who consume, contribute to, and maintain it.

How to communicate the state of your open source project

Identifying and sharing the status of open source projects

Five ways to care for your open source contributors

How to encourage a thriving open source community

Why open source projects should embrace operational transparency

Communicating how your project operates will benefit everyone

Building compassion

Despite our focus on wellness tools, apps, and the desperate desire to code away vulnerability in the tech industry, talking about pain can still be uncomfortable.

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Writing accessible code

The first step in building accessible engineering teams