Feross Aboukhadijeh
Feross Aboukhadijeh — CEO at Socket. Talks and sessions delivered at UXDX.
CEO
Feross Aboukhadijeh is an entrepreneur, programmer, open source author, and mad scientist. He maintains 100+ packages on npm which are downloaded 100+ million times per month. He builds innovative projects like WebTorrent, a streaming torrent client for the web, WebTorrent Desktop, a slick torrent app for Mac/Windows/Linux, and StandardJS, a JavaScript style guide, linter, and automatic code fixer. His latest project is VirusCafe, a place for people to chat with their communities and friends.
Past talks
5 talks · 3 events
A Product Journey
Creating multiple startups, getting acquired, working in large corporates and back to the startup world, Feross has done it all. In this fireside we will discuss Feross' career from a product development perspective including: 1\. StudyNotes - getting started in high school 2\. PeerCDN and the Yahoo acquisition 3\. Moving into the Open Source world 5\. Socket and the VC approach
How to Secure Your Software Supply Chain – Practical Lessons To Protect Your App
Open source code makes up 90% of most codebases. How do you know if you can trust your open source dependencies? It is critical to manage your dependencies effectively to reduce risk, but most teams have an ad-hoc process where any developer can introduce dependencies leaving organizations open to risk from malicious dependencies. Software supply chain attacks have exploded over the past 12 months and they’re only accelerating in 2022 and beyond. We’ll dive into examples of recent supply chain attacks and what concrete steps you can take to protect your team from this emerging threat.
Software Engineership - How To Think About Software
This interactive session will talk about the past and future of crafting software and how it is changing the way developers and companies think about software development. Moderated by Nix Crabtree, join the conversation, share your insights and probe the speakers on the elements of their talks that left you wanting more.
WebRTC in the Trenches – A Survival Guide
This is the story of how I built a WebRTC app to help people connect for 1-on-1 video chats during the pandemic. A tale of product learnings, technical decisions, and lots of conversations!