SendGrid's Developer Experience Principal Product Manager Ashley Roach joins us to discuss all things Hacktoberfest. Enjoy!

How to send AMA questions to us:
- somecodingrequired@sendgrid.com
- #somecodingrequired on twitter

This week in Open Source:
- https://hacktoberfest.digitalocean.com 
- The Changelog: #Hacktoberfest isn’t just about a free shirt (https://changelog.com/podcast/317)

Deep dive open source topic - Hacktoberfest 2018:
- https://dx.sendgrid.com/hacktoberfest 
- https://sendgrid.com/wp-content/uploads/pdf/SendGrid-Hacktoberfest.pdf
- https://sendgrid.com/blog/hacktoberfest-2018-has-arrived
- https://sendgrid.com/blog/hacktoberfest-2018-the-hackening-is-upon-us 
- https://dzone.com/articles/sdks-and-world-class-developer-experience 

DX Automator:
- https://github.com/sendgrid/dx-automator/tree/development 

Sponsors:
- https://github.com/sendgrid/dx-mobile

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How to send AMA questions to us:
- somecodingrequired@sendgrid.com
- #somecodingrequired on twitter

Deep Dive Open Source Topic:
- We are joined by Jeff Lawson (CEO and Co-Founder at Twilio) to talk open source ahead of OSCON 2019.
- https://www.twilio.com/open-source
- https://github.com/sendgrid/opensource
- https://www.twilio.com/quest/mission/28

This week in Open Source:
- https://github.com/homebrew

DX Automator:
- https://github.com/sendgrid/dx-automator/blob/development/examples/update_rice_scores.py
- RICE prioritization: https://sendgrid.com/blog/double-your-velocity-without-growing-your-team-with-rice
- Labeling strategy: https://dzone.com/articles/sdks-and-world-class-developer-experience

Sponsor:
- https://signal.twilio.com

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Some Coding Required is a podcast about all things open source. Hosted by Twilio SendGrid’s Senior Developer Experience Engineer, Elmer Thomas. Episodes will share answers to questions from the open source community, industry news, efficiency-focused hacks and apps, deep dives on open source topics, and more.