Skip to main content

New video on conda-forge origins

· One min read
Wolf Vollprecht
Wolf Vollprecht
CEO of prefix.dev

The first "Chatting with the Conda Community" is out! In this episode, Wolf Vollprecht and Filipe Fernandes talk about the origins of conda-forge. Watch the video here.

Did you ever wonder how & when conda-forge was created? In this first edition of "Chatting with the Conda Community" we are uncovering the origin story of conda-forge.

Other topics:

  • Scientists and their relationship with Software
  • Sustaining open source (and conda-forge)
  • Anecdotes from 9 years of conda-forge
  • Discussing pixi and what Filipe thinks about it

Filipe Fernandes (also know as ocefpaf) is a physical oceanographer turned research software engineer, and software packaging hobbyist. He is very passionate about open source software and tries to make Met/Ocean science better with code. Filipe is a conda steering council member and a conda-forge core member.

Your host is Wolf Vollprecht, CEO of prefix.dev, a conda steering council member and conda-forge core member.