A conversation with Molly Howell - Retro computing, the murky waters of open source, and finding joy through community

Molly Howell, a Frontend Engineer on Firefox, shares her passion for retro computing and gaming, thinking about the impact of your choices and her belief in the transformative power of treating people with the same respect and empathy you would afford yourself. We discuss what makes the Mozilla project unique and how to contribute. We cover toxicity in open-source and the value of well-written bug reports. The podcast closes on a beautiful note when Molly shares the inspiring experience she has had finding herself, finding joy, and loving herself with the support of the trans community. Continue the conversation on Discord. Links Molly Howell on Polywork Molly Howell on GitHub Molly Howell on Gitlab Mozilla Firefox Les Orchard Mozilla Careers Mozilla Attack and Defence Blog License to Build Together What can I do for Mozilla? Bugzilla (good first issue) MDN Web Docs Mozilla Connect Linus Torvalds Understanding toxicity in Open Source Contributor Covenant Code of Merit Hackernews Mike Hoye History of the Mozilla community EcmaBoy Z80.js Fixing a Security Bug by Changing a Function Signature The Rust language Recorded and produced by Mechanical Ink. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit schalkneethling.substack.com