#fossback26 — Public Fediverse posts

It's been a couple of weeks since FOSS Backstage 2026, and we're still overwhelmed by all the conversations. Let's look back at #FOSSBack26 by revisiting individual sessions.

This year's keynote by Æva Black asked a question the industry the industry has been avoiding, can open source actually be secure by design? Twenty years of relying on FOSS while under-investing in its maintenance has a cost.

Catch up on the session here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajH3itE3q7Y&list=PLq-odUc2x7i_CkIlwiKrIKXLdmQgFxhCLhttps

What are your plans for the weekend? How about watching some recordings from #FOSSBack26? They all available now: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLq-odUc2x7i_CkIlwiKrIKXLdmQgFxhCL

So, some great conversations at #fossback26 design. And some that really frustrated me. During the "how to bridge the gap between "ultra-nerdy" devs and designers" barcamp, someone said "we have to decide who to disappoint when making design decision", and someone else said "spoiler: it's the power users".

If our attitude towards #uxdesign is "fuck the power users", we'll never have good UX in open source.

@rstockm You and the „+1 concept“ were in fact just mentioned by @andypiper in his talk on „Building the Open Alternative: DPGs for Digital Sovereignty“.

#fossbackstage #fossback #fossback26

Ich wäre heute wirklich, wirklich gerne auf der #fossbackstage - muss aber dringend selber #FOSS Konzepte schreiben.

Hier aber zumindest eine #Mastowall

https://rstockm.github.io/mastowall/?hashtags=fossback26%2Cfossbackstage%2Cfossback&server=https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.social

und welchen Leuten man dort folgen kann:

https://rstockm.github.io/mastowall/?hashtags=fossback26%2Cfossbackstage%2Cfossback&server=https%3A%2F%2Fmastodon.social&view=people

#fossback26 #FossBack

At #fossbackstage today and tomorrow for SerNet – full schedule ahead. Looking forward to a lot of interesting input, but also to meet a lot of (new) people. If you‘re there and want to connect: drop a hi 👋

#fossback26 #fossback

Who else will be at #FOSSBack26 next week in #Berlin?

I hope it'll be dry outside for lunch, hit me up 🙂

RE: https://floss.social/@FOSSBackstage/116200337975157017

Come find me at #fossback26 in Berlin next week, and let's chat about all things Open Source or anything else - I'll be the weird tall bald guy with the mask :)

Do I want a custom print #FFP2 for the upcoming #FOSSBack26?

Or rather, can I come up with an even better motto?

(Area is only 40x20mm white on black print, so not a lot to work with.)

#MasksWork

Who will I meet at #FOSSBack26? Last day to claim your early bird ticket! https://26.foss-backstage.de/ #FOSSBack @FOSSBackstage

ufff selecting the talks for #FOSSBack26 will be a hard choice...