141: OSS Software with James Simone

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">James Simone is a Lead Software Engineer here at Salesforce. One of his great passions in life is open-source software. That is exactly what we will be talking about today.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">James was inspired to get into open-source software to help people share code in a more easily indexable, searchable format. This is even what led him to work here at Salesforce. In this episode, James teaches us how we can use open-source software, how to get into it, and some of the projects that he likes.</span></p> <p><strong>Show Highlights:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How James came to work for Salesforce.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What extreme programming is and where it came from.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why enterprises should support open-source software.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How second-generation packaging affected Salesforce projects.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to navigate licensing and fair use when working with open-source software.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">All about Nebula Logger and the logging problem it solves.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">What Apex Rollup is.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">How to get involved in Nebula Logger and/or Apex Rollup.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><strong>James on Twitter:</strong> <a href= "https://twitter.com/mrwordsmith"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://twitter.com/mrwordsmith</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-leve