{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Business of Open Source","title":"Pushing Boundaries and Removing Barriers with Ron Efroni","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/096258a8\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1326,"description":"From software engineer to leading developer products at Facebook, Ron Efroni was familiar with the challenges facing developers. His co-founder recognized the power of Nix to remove the boundaries of development, and together they started Flox to reduce the barriers to the adoption of Nix.\nIn our final episode from the State of Open Con in London, Ron Efroni, CEO and Co-founder of Flox, joins me to discuss the future of Flox and Nix, the amazing community that keeps Nix moving forward, and advice for his former self as well as anyone interested in building an open source company. \nHighlights:\nRon introduces himself, Flox, and Nix (0:50)\nRon recounts the origins of Flox (3:32)\nRon reviews the value add Flox provides (7:04)\nLeaving the control of the Nix roadmap to the community (10:30)\nRon shares advice for himself 1.5 years ago (13:33) and...\nAdvice for other open source founders (14:40)\nWhy Nix is happy to have feedback and excitement from the community (17:56)\n\nLinks:\nRon\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ronefroni/\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/ronefroni\nCompany: https://floxdev.com/\nNix: https://nixos.org/","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/8IkNaFmPeP0cacpN72wvWvmuTJkRWMTzK4anhRhTwJg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzEwNTI5LzE2NTY1/MTIwMDAtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}