Lisa N. Cao

Sometimes the most important step is simply 𝘀𝗵𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽. Women+ in OSS Day on Monday was a great reminder of that 💜 Open source can feel intimidating from the outside, but this event made one thing clear: every contribution 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀. Code, documentation, testing, reviews, questions, or simply helping someone get started all count. Beyond the talks, people rolled up their sleeves and contributed to OSS projects like #dlt, #ApachePolaris, #ApacheSpark, and #Postgres. That spirit of learning, building, and supporting each other is what open source is all about 🔥 We’re still blown away by the community that came together for Women+ in OSS Day: 💜 𝟭𝟭𝟬+ attendees 💜 𝟭𝟭 sponsors 💜 𝟭𝟱 speakers 💜 𝟵 hands-on mentors Huge thanks to our speakers for bringing so much thought, honesty, and energy to the day: @suehle, @HeatherMeeker4 , Krithika Balagurunathan, @lisancao, @nehapawar18, Tasha Drew, @holdenkarau, Stephanie Stattel, @rginn206, Stacey Haysler, India Walker-Smith, @gwenshap, @nyghtowl , and Lahari Chowtoori. Our amazing sponsors for helping make the day possible: @Snowflake, @awscloud, @ClickHouseDB, @puppyquery, @fivetran, @groundcover_com, Stainless, @VeloDB_IO, @dltHub, @grafana, and @pgus. And special appreciation to @TheDanicaFine, Zoe Steinkamp, @ZhenniWu, and Marcella dePunzio, whose time, care, and hard work helped bring it all together. Photo credits: Evelyn Mietzner 🎉 hashtag#WomenInOpenSource hashtag#OpenSource hashtag#WomenInTech hashtag#OSSCommunity hashtag#TechCommunity