4 articles by Dave Zolotusky, Principal Engineer.
TL;DR The Spotify FOSS Fund is back again! We created the Spotify FOSS Fund in 2022 to help support the open source ecosystem and to lend a monetary hand to those projects we use most at Spotify. This year, we’ve selected five projects to share the €100,000 fund (€20,000 each):
TL;DR Let’s cap the year by putting a spotlight on some of the valuable work people outside of Spotify are doing. Late last year, we announced . And just as we did in , we wanted to learn more about what kind of impact direct monetary contributions might have on keeping these independent projects going. So we asked the maintainers of Jdbi, AssertJ, and Testcontainers to share their thoughts.
TL;DR It’s back! Last year, we created the to help support the free and open source software projects we use at Spotify. We’re excited to announce that the fund has returned for 2023, and the recipients have been selected. This year, the fund’s 100,000 EUR are going to the following four projects: AssertJ, Jdbi, Testcontainers, and Xiph.
TL;DR For years, Spotify’s official engineering blog has been giving you a peek behind the curtain at Spotify R&D. Today, we’re announcing , our new R&D podcast that gives you another view into our tech world. In each episode I’ll talk with Spotify developers about challenging tech problems and give you a firsthand look into what we’re doing, what we’re building, and what we’re nerding out about a