Behavioral Design for Software Projects + Why Use Common Lisp in 2025

FOSSASIA is Asia’s premier open source technology conference, bringing together developers, makers, and changemakers from around the world. But you don’t have to wait for the next summit to connect! Join us for a friendly local meetup where the FOSSASIA spirit lives on between conferences.

For this month's topic:

Beyond Metrics: Using Behavioral Design to Drive Quality in Software Projects
Open source projects consistently struggle with the same challenges: inconsistent code quality, poor documentation, security vulnerabilities, and low contributor engagement. The traditional response? Implement more metrics, KPIs, and OKRs to measure and enforce compliance. But what if we're solving the wrong problem?
This talk explores why metric-driven approaches often fail in open source environments and proposes a more effective alternative: using behavioral science and experience design to make good practices feel natural, rewarding, and even inevitable.

Meet iAmTeacher: An AI-Powered, Open Source English Tutor
Common Lisp has been solving problems for 40 years that other languages are just discovering. This talk reveals why its active maintenance, exploratory programming model, and powerful tooling make it surprisingly relevant for modern development challenges.

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19:00 – Arrive, check in, grab snacks, meet fellow developers, educators, sysadmins, and open source tinkerers.
19:30 – Two short talks (10–25 min each)
20:30 – Late – Chat, network, hang out

FOSSASIA Community Meetups are a space to share ideas, test demos, learn together, and stay connected year-round. Whether you're contributing to upstream projects or just open source-curious, come join the movement.