{"id":3306,"date":"2017-12-05T07:29:49","date_gmt":"2017-12-05T02:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/?p=3306"},"modified":"2018-07-27T07:29:45","modified_gmt":"2018-07-27T02:29:45","slug":"open-source-as-a-lifestyle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahmadawais.com\/open-source-as-a-lifestyle\/","title":{"rendered":"[PODCAST INTERVIEW] Ahmad Awais \u2014 Open Source as a Lifestyle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of weeks ago, I got interviewed by the WordPress PressThis Podcast about my favorite topic, i.e. Web &amp; Open Source.<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed talking about how I got into open source, grew a huge network of followers especially over 10,000 developers who use <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/ahmadawais\">my open source code<\/a>, got half a million open source software downloads, and how it has actually become more than just software to me, and that it&#8217;s practically a lifestyle choice now.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80\u00a0If you&#8217;d like to know more about me and how I have adopted\u00a0<em>Open Source as a Lifestyle \u2014\u00a0<\/em> take <a href=\"https:\/\/webmasterradio.fm\/episode\/open-source-as-a-lifestyle\">this podcast<\/a> for a listen or listen it via the SoundCloud widget below.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<div class=\"postcontents full dark\">\n<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PRESSTHIS - Ahmad Awais \u2014 Open Source as a Lifestyle by Ahmad Awais\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F365095316&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3 id=\"open-source-as-a-lifestyle\"><a href=\"https:\/\/webmasterradio.fm\/episode\/open-source-as-a-lifestyle\">Open Source as a Lifestyle<\/a><a href=\"#open-source-as-a-lifestyle\" class=\"heading-link\">#<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>We all have busy lives and too much to do, but thousands of people all around the world donate their time to open source projects like WordPress. 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