In this engaging episode of the Mycelium Network podcast, host Schalk Neethling welcomes Elena Lape, the visionary founder of Holopin. Elena shares her remarkable journey through the tech world, from building developer communities and supporting students at GitHub to her passion for hackathons. She delves into the valu

In this episode of the Mental Health in Tech podcast, hosts Schalk Neethling and Schalk Venter engage in an open discussion with guest Liesel Bester, the COO at IO Digital (https://io.co.za). They tackle crucial mental health topics in the tech industry, addressing stigma, workplace accommodations, and better support s

In this episode of the Mechanical Ink podcast, Schalk Neethling talks with Elena Lape, founder of Holopin, about community, shared values, and having each other's best interests in mind. They discuss the importance of contributor recognition, the Holopin open-source program, its tech stack, and adopting open standards.

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 t

In the podcast’s sixth episode, I speak with Schalk Venter. In our far-reaching conversation, we talk about ending up in tech by accident without a formal background. Civic tech and doing good using tech where it makes sense. We ask hard questions, such as how we solve real-world problems using a combination of communi