Scaling an Open Source CI with a Remote Team, the Story behind Travis CI

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Open-source CI grows from a developer tool into a hosted business by shipping pragmatic features first, funding initial servers through sponsorships and crowdfunding, then launching a paid .com while keeping a free org tier. Built as a distributed team from day one, the project scales to 1.2 million projects and ~700,000 developers, leverages Ruby (originally via Sinatra apps) for internal tooling like a public-facing salary framework, and survives real operational and people challenges.

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1. 0:00Introduction and background
2. 2:10Founding Travis CI
3. 7:55Open source to business
4. 14:37Keys to success
5. 17:51Running a company
6. 23:35Distributed team challenges
7. 27:16Personal boundaries and growth
8. 29:04Tips for distributed companies
9. 31:17Getting into open source
10. 33:25Opera star childhood

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