All About Open Source: Quality, Community, and Innovation

Liyas Thomas

Liyas Thomas is a software engineer and entrepreneur known for his contributions to open-source development. He is the creator of Hoppscotch, an open-source API development, and testing tool that gained significant popularity within the developer community for its ease of use and powerful features. Liyas has a strong background in web development, with expertise in JavaScript, Node.js, and other modern web technologies. He is passionate about creating tools that enhance productivity and streamline workflows for developers worldwide. Liyas continues to innovate and share his knowledge through various platforms, inspiring the next generation of software developers.

Sri Harsha

Sri Harsha is a proficient Test Automation Engineer with nearly a decade of meaningful industry experience. His expertise lies in testing applications using JavaScript and contributing to open-source platforms. His commitment and contributions to the tech community have earned him a prestigious role as a committer for significant projects namely, Selenium and WebdriverIO. In addition to his vast contributions, he serves as a valued member on the Technical Leadership Committee at SeleniumHQ. An active contributor to WebdriverIO, Sri Harsha constantly pushes the limits in his field, ensuring his work is at the forefront of innovation within Test Automation Engineering.

Jan Molak

Jan Molak is a trainer, consultant and full-stack developer who spent the last 18 years building and shipping software ranging from best-selling, award-winning AAA video games through high-traffic websites and web apps to search engines, complex event processing and financial systems. Jan is the author of the Serenity/JS acceptance testing framework, co-author of 'BDD in Action, Second Edition', a contributor to the Screenplay Pattern, and dozens of open-source tools in the Behaviour-Driven Development and test automation space.

Bekah Hawrot Weigel

Bekah graduated from a coding bootcamp in May of 2019 and since then has spent time as a frontend developer, started the Virtual Coffee developer community, spent time in DevRel and has continued to mom her four kids. She currently co-hosts the Virtual Coffee podcast, works as the Developer Experience Lead at OpenSauced, tries to work on OSS projects, and lifts heavy things in her free time.

Tally Barak

Tally has over 30 years of software development, product management, and consulting experience. Today Tally works for Yoobic as an architect responsible for all the Frontend tooling, testing, and DevOps processes. Tally loves Javascript and its ecosystem and happily shares this knowledge with other developers. Playwright Ambassador.