Vishal Arya
@fossdot
Program Director @FOSSUnited. Signal/wisharya.01
Completed 5 years at FOSS United Foundation. Didn’t expect, I’ll stay this long here. @FOSSUnited
Apparently, we are now officially closer to 2050 than we are to 2000. To help you come to terms with that, I am here to remind y’all today is a Friday(a #forklorefriday) and we’ve got a restored masterpiece from 1981, Umrao Jaan, in the theatres. 🧵1/4
Attending confconf.org in Sofia this weekend - a conference for conference organizers. It’s an unconference where we’ll discuss how to run better #FOSS events, grow communities, handle funding, and sort out logistics.
I am hosting the Open Data devroom at #IndiaFOSS with @thej @gggodhwani, @Kartik_Kwatra, and @unnati9_patel The CFP is now open (Deadline: 7-Jun) We're looking for talks around Open Datasets, Open Data tooling, Data journalism etc. Please apply/share: fossunited.org/indiafoss/2025…
run….🏃♀️🏃 CFP for #IndiaFOSS 2025 is closing in 3 days. Retweet for Karma! fossunited.org/indiafoss/2025
Bihar is enthusiastically accelerating into FOSS and had a wonderful workshop session at @NavGurukul Kishanganj. Young women diving into Git and GitHub, setting up accounts, learning commands, and building team projects from scratch.
Our second session of the 3-day workshop had young women at @NavGurukul Kishanganj campus diving into Git and GitHub, setting up accounts, learning commands, and building team projects from scratch.
Went all the way to church street to have samosas, catch up on tech gossip 😏
just got selected in gsoc 2025 for @CircuitVerse, going to be the best summer ever.
Feluda, a name borrowed from a detective, for a tool that investigates the internet. Day 6 of #MeetTheMaintainers, meet Aatman and Feluda. 🧵 1/4
Submitted a talk proposal to @FOSSUnited IndiaFOSS 2025: fossunited.org/c/indiafoss/20… Will be interesting for me to reflect upon the developments since 2022: icfp22.sigplan.org/details/icfp-2…
If you’ve ever tried to move an eBook between devices and felt like you were defusing a 💣, today’s maintainer is your🦸♀️| Day 5 of #MeetTheMaintainers Meet, Calibre, 📚 by the OG, Kovid Goyal. (1/4)
It’s #MaintainersMonth, the time of year when we celebrate the heroes of open source. We’re bringing you, ✨31 days, 31 Indian FOSS projects✨ featuring one exceptional maintainer each day. Kicking things off: Zasper⚡by Prasun Anand github.com/zasper-io/zasp… 1/3
Suffice to say, without Free and Open-Source Software (FOSS), there would be no @zerodhaonline. Our tech stack is built on open source software. Remember, it is trusted by almost 2 crore Indians trust us with ~₹6 lakh crores of assets, and we contribute about 15% of daily retail…
#PuneFOSS 3.0 was great! HUGE thanks to everyone who made it special! @chinmay185 @_svs_ @vipulnsward @pranaynarang @ramshaashraf777 @asitsonawane20 @fossdot @FOSSUnited @punefoss @vedang @captn3m0
Thank you everyone for making #PuneFOSS 3.0 unforgettable! 🎉 Grateful to the amazing speakers, generous sponsors, supportive partners, tireless volunteers & every passionate attendee who celebrated open-source with us! 💚 #FOSSUnited #OpenSource #Pune (1/n)
And BiharFOSS is a wrap folks! A sincere thank you to all of the speakers, the audience, and the volunteers for making it a memorable day! We hope that this is the start of a vibrant and active FOSS community in Patna and Bihar! #fossunited #BiharFOSS #UnitedbyFOSS
@fossdot kicking off BiharFOSS today at @iitpatna ! #fossunited #unitedbyfoss
see u at Misinfocon this weekend? the schedule is live, go check it out :)
March 22 and 23 Misinfocon India is around the corner. We've got the experts in one room. So come, listen and learn with them! misinfoconindia.com/schedule