Coffee and Open Source

Helen Hou-Sandí is a Staff Software Engineering Manager for Accessibility at GitHub and a WordPress Lead Developer. As a technologist, she is a leader in open source software and management, and caree deeply about building great user experiences. She am also a classically-trained pianist who’s performed extensively worldwide.You can find Helen on the following sites:
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Jeffrey Snover is retired and spending his time as a Philosopher-Errant, attending Science & Technology conferences and giving public talks. Prior to retiring in 2026, he was a Distinguished Engineer at Google and a Technical Fellow at Microsoft where he was an AI Architect in Office, the Chief Architect for Windows Server Azure Stack. Snover is the inventor of Windows PowerShell, an object-based distributed automation engine, scripting language, and command line shell.
Snover joined Microsoft in 1999 as divisional architect for the Management and Services Division, providing technical direction across Microsoft’s management technologies and products.
Snover held 8 patents prior to joining Microsoft, and has registered over 30 patents since. He is a frequent speaker at industry and research conferences on a variety of management and language topics.
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Ardalis (Steve Smith) is an entrepreneur and software developer with a passion for building quality software as effectively as possible. Ardalis has published DOZENS of courses on Pluralsight and Dometrain, covering DDD, SOLID, design patterns, and software architecture. He's a Microsoft ASP.NET MVP, a frequent speaker at developer conferences, an author, and a trainer.
Ardalis works with companies through NimblePros, the boutique consulting company he runs with his wife, Michelle. They help teams who want to avoid the trap of technical debt to deliver better software, faster. Ardalis and his team have been described by clients as a 'force multiplier', amplifying the value of existing development teams.You can find Steve on the following sites:
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Tim is a program manager at Microsoft, working on .NET and developer tools (formerly UI frameworks including WPF, Silverlight, UWP, and WinUI). In the past Tim worked as software developer for various healthcare and consulting companies building client and web applications. Personally Tim is an avid cyclist.
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Known globally as DThompsonDev, Danny Thompson is a software engineer driven by a single mission: helping developers grow. He is the founder of the Commit Your Code Conference and community, leader of the Dallas Software Developers Meetup, the largest and most active dev group in North Texas, and co-host of The Programming Podcast. An expert in public speaking and AI, Danny is the author of The Developer’s Guide to AI. When he isn't on stage or coding, you can find him on the pickleball court or helping the next generation of speakers through his 'Commit Your Talk' initiative.You can find Danny on the following sites:
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