By Michael McMillan
About the Talk
How do 157 people from all over the world scale a web app to 30 countries in less than three weeks? We talk about how we built Coronastatus — an open source web application that enables people to self-report symptoms of COVID-19 — using DigitalOcean’s infrastructure.
What You’ll Learn
- How to manage an open source community distributed all over the world.
- Being pragmatic in choice of tech when the clock is ticking.
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About the Presenter
After Michael McMillan hacked his own grades at university, he began building BustByte, a small consultancy based in Oslo, Norway. They help banks, hotels, and startups create exceptional software.
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