Name: Running an OS Community | APIs You Won't Hate | Gatsby to Next.js
Start: 2022-07-13T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2022-07-13T20:00:00-04:00
Location: SOCO 80808

We'll start Q3 of 2022 off right - with our July meetup!

The topic this month is multi\-threaded\, and packed with applicable technical\, community and resource take\-aways\. Taken together we'll refer to it as Running an Open Source Community \| APIs You Won't Hate \| Gatsby to Next\.js\.

Our speaker is Mike Bifulco, Developer Advocate at Stripe. He's visiting us from the great city of Charlotte, NC.

**Doors open at 6:00 pm, live programing begins at 6:30 pm ET sharp**. We'll begin the evening with a few community announcements, then we'll quickly move to our speaker.

**Location:**
The meetup will take place at the SOCO co-work space. The address is: 808 Lady Street, suite D, Columbia, SC 29201. Here is the website for SOCO - [https://soco-work.com/](https://soco-work.com/). Note, there are two locations for SOCO in Columbia – we are at the Lady Street/Vista location.

\*Lots of swag will be available at this meetup, to include t-shirts, hats, stickers, and some really cool technology. All will be free of charge, as always.

Please note, there will not be a mask mandate in effect, but masks are encouraged for anyone feeling uncomfortable. We'll have masks available free of charge as well - don't hesitate to ask us onsite.

**Speaker:**
Mike Bifulco, Developer Advocate at Stripe, co-founder of APIs You Won't Hate. [https://mikebifulco.com/](https://mikebifulco.com/)

**Bio:**
Mike Bifulco is a designer and developer working as a Developer Advocate at Stripe. Mike is also cofounder of APIs You Won't Hate, where he helps run a community-run news site and podcast by the same name. In a past life, Mike worked as a Developer Advocate at Google, technical Director for thegymnasium.com, and as a UX Designer at Microsoft. Mike was cofounder and CEO of smpl.io, a SaaS startup which was acquired in 2020.

**Talk Title:**
What it's like to run an Open Source Community \| APIs You Won't Hate \+ Gatsby to Next\.JS

**Abstract:**
Mike Bifulco is one of the co-founders of [APIs You Won't Hate](https://apisyouwonthate.com/), the largest community of API developers on the web. In this talk, we'll learn what it's like to run APIs You Won't Hate, which includes a podcast, a blog, a newsletter, and a large slack community. Mike will share the story of his involvement, and what it's been like to manage a large (and growing) community alongside full-time work, including a recent website migration from Gatsby to Next.js.

**SPONSORS:**
We thank the world-class sponsors making this event possible..
AlmaLinux - [https://almalinux.org/](https://almalinux.org/)
Camunda - [https://camunda.com/](https://camunda.com/)
Fidelity Investments - [https://www.fidelity.com/](https://www.fidelity.com/)

Contact us with questions at **info@allthingsopen.org**

Beverages will be served as will snacks. We will not be serving food (pizza, etc.) until a later date as most are still a little uneasy with food being served in an open environment.

Todd Lewis

Open Source South Carolina

All Things Open RTP and Open Source South Carolina

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