AsyncAPI: from personal project to industry standard
summary
Fran Méndez recounts the history of AsyncAPI, explaining how it originated as a personal project and evolved into an industry standard. The talk covers efforts to grow a community, engage companies, establish governance for a large open-source initiative, and lessons learned from successes, mistakes, and practical challenges — presented in a non-technical, storytelling style.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:07From Badajoz to San Francisco
- 9:24Creative block and frustration
- 13:22Rejecting million-dollar offer
- 19:44Open-source and open government
- 25:44Postman partnership
- 29:41Growth and technical community
- 34:24Project lessons learned
- 36:54Human impact of community
- 38:05Q&A
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