Tech Talks for Universities - live-streamed from Matfyz in Prague, CZ - 2025/4/29
Many faces of open-source world
Talks for all university students, hosted at MFF UK (Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University) in Prague, CZ
- When: 4/29 Tue at 19:15-21:15 CEST
- Where: N1 at Matfyz, Troja, Prague (capacity 250 for in-person attendees)
- Live-stream: Zoom live-event
- Recording will be available here few days after the event
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- Who: Anna Maresova, Tomas Herceg, Karel Zikmund
Organized by Pavel Jezek, Karel Zikmund, Martin Vejbora, Jan Jones
Talks
You will have a chance to meet some local industry speakers from variety of backgrounds.
- 19:15-19:55 - The Linux Journey: From Open Source Dream to Enterprise Backbone by Anna Maresova
- Abstract:
- What does it really mean to build and maintain Linux in the real world?
This talk explores the evolution of open source from a grassroots ideal to the foundation of enterprise infrastructure. Hear how a single leap second caused widespread system crashes in 2012, why removing code can be harder than adding it, and how global collaboration helps scale complexity. A deep dive into the balance between innovation, long-term support, and the human side of Linux development.
- What does it really mean to build and maintain Linux in the real world?
- About speaker: Anna Maresova is Director at SUSE since 2018
- Abstract:
- 19:55-20:35 - What is development of Open Source Framework about - by Tomas Herceg
- Abstract:
- 10 years ago, at RIGANTI, we started developing a small web framework called DotVVM for our own needs..
Somewhat unexpectedly, it evolved into open-source project, which is now used by hundreds of companies and regularly ranks among Top 10 most active projects in the .NET Foundation.
In this session, we will discuss what developing an open-source software involves and how it can work even within a small commercial company.
- 10 years ago, at RIGANTI, we started developing a small web framework called DotVVM for our own needs..
- About speaker: Tomas Herceg is founder and CEO of RIGANTI. He organizes one of the largest .NET conferences in the region - Update Conference since 2018.
- Abstract:
- 20:35-21:15 - Challenges Faced by .NET team by Karel Zikmund
- Abstract:
- Expect deep dive into a few interesting investigations we faced on .NET team in the last decade.
Real stories about:- Investigations spanning years,
- Dormant bugs coming to life after a decade,
- Root-causes leading to surprising places,
- How we rooted-cause problems with minimal information available,
- Shocking impact of bugs on real world.
- Expect deep dive into a few interesting investigations we faced on .NET team in the last decade.
- About speaker: Karel Zikmund is manager on .NET Networking team. He has been on .NET team since 2005.
- Abstract:
Resources and Notes
- History: Building on previous successful events:
- Tech Talks for Universities on 2022/11
- .NET Talks at Matfyz in Prague, CZ on 2019/11.
- All organization is community-driven, speakers are volunteers.
Call for action: Please help us reach more students and universities for future events -- if you have contacts to those interested, please contact Karel Zikmund via Discord: zikicz, BlueSky, personal email, work email, LinkedIn.