EP28: Facilitating FOSS Development w/ Haley Berkoe, Program Manager - Spiral

Builders In Bitcoin EP28: Facilitating FOSS Development w/ Haley Berkoe, Program Manager - Spiral I had the pleasure of talking with Haley Berkoe, Program Manager at Spiral. Haley is a prime example of someone leveraging non-technical skills to make a valuable contribution to the Bitcoin ecosystem, demonstrated through her ability to facilitate and manage open-source projects and the developers behind them. In this episode, we discuss and dig into: the goals and responsibilities of a program manager the importance of facilitation in removing logistical pressure from developers how to proliferate open-source grant programs and build community and a lot more… Resources: Spiral: https://spiral.xyz/ Hello Bitcoin: https://hellobitco.in/ “Navigating the Bitcoin Open-Source World” (Haley’s article referenced in the episode): https://medium.com/@Hberkoe/learning-how-to-navigate-the-bitcoin-open-source-world-1241dfefb863 “A Framework for Sustainable Open-Source Bitcoin Development”: https://spiral.xyz/blog/a-framework-for-sustainable-open-source-bitcoin-development/ Bitcoin Design Community Slack: https://bitcoin.design/ Bitcoin Product Community Discord: https://discord.gg/XMg9StaJg2 Hello Bitcoin Project Lead opening: https://twitter.com/hello_bitcoin/status/1623354563163209735 Episode sponsors: Visit https://mempool.space/, dive into their free and open source Bitcoin blockchain explorer, and gain new insights from their expanding suite of tools, including their mining dashboard. Go to https://blockstream.com/jade/ to learn more about their easy-to-use, purely open-source hardware wallet that offers advanced security for your Bitcoin and Liquid assets. Where to find us: Haley on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HBerkoe Spiral on Twitter: https://twitter.com/spiralbtc Hello Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hello_bitcoin Rod @bitkite on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bitkite Builders In Bitcoin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/buildersinbtc To learn more about Bitcoin Park, please visit and join: https://bitcoinpark.com/ and/or join our Discord where we are most active: https://discord.gg/YZ8x7mfFKj And a massive thank you to: - Producer - Tom Maxwell https://twitter.com/tomjmaxwell - Theme Composer - Max Wellington https://twitter.com/immaxwellington