2026-11-05 –, CLS - Builders Room
Most first-time contributors never make it past setup. In this workshop, we set up together and then spend the session on real code in Eventyay, FOSSASIA's open source event platform. Conferences use it for ticketing, calls for speakers, schedules and online events.
You'll clone the repository and bring up the full stack with Docker Compose. This runs Django, PostgreSQL, Redis and Celery on your laptop, with sample data and live reload, so your changes show up instantly.
Next, you'll learn to find your way around a real Django + Vue codebase. We'll look at how the containers fit together, where the code behind each page lives, and how to read the logs. Then you'll pick a small issue prepared for this workshop, such as a template, text or UI fix. You'll create a branch, test your change and are ready for your first pull requests.
You'll leave with a working development setup, and a workflow you can reuse. Ready for more?
Bring: A laptop with Docker and Git installed, plus a GitHub account.
I’m Srivatsav Auswin, an open-source contributor and developer. I’ve worked extensively on FOSSASIA’s Eventyay ecosystem, contributing to areas such as live event check-ins, badge printing, exhibitor tools, and platform integrations. I’m also an organizer with the open-source student community and currently work at Microsoft, while continuing to contribute to open-source software and developer communities.
Saalim Aqueel is an open-source developer and MSc AI & ML student at Jamia Millia Islamia. He is a Google Summer of Code 2026 contributor with FOSSASIA, working primarily across the Eventyay ecosystem. His work includes building the Eventyay Social Media Plugin for automating event promotion, contributing to the Eventyay platform, and collaborating on VEditor, an open-source video processing and review system for conference recordings. His interests span backend engineering, developer tooling, GenAI/ML, and open-source software. He enjoys working on practical systems that integrate into existing platforms and turn complex workflows into reliable, reusable tools.
Arnav is a CS student at IIIT Dharwad and an open-source developer who likes building things at the intersection of software, AI, and the real world.
He works across the FOSSASIA ecosystem, contributing to projects including VoxBento, Eventyay and its plugins. His work ranges from web platforms and developer infrastructure to real-time streaming, AI transcription, and WebRTC.
He enjoys jumping between projects, picking up unfamiliar technologies, and turning messy engineering problems into systems that actually work. He is particularly interested in open-source software, AI, and building practical technology that people can use.
When he isn't debugging something, he is probably starting another project.
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Om Vanwari is a Computer Science and Engineering student and an open-source software developer and contributor at FOSSASIA. He is a Google Summer of Code 2026 Contributor, where he has worked across the Eventyay ecosystem on projects involving CRM integration and video processing.
His current work focuses on VEditor, a standalone video review and transcoding pipeline built with FastAPI, RQ, PyAV, and PostgreSQL, designed to streamline the processing and review of conference recordings. Previously, he built and shipped eventyay-hubspot, integrating HubSpot CRM with Eventyay for automated contact and event synchronization.
Om's interests lie in backend architecture, media processing, open-source software, and developer tooling. He enjoys working on systems that turn complex workflows into reliable, automated tools and actively contributes to open-source projects through development, architectural improvements, and collaboration with the wider community.
I'm a software developer and open-source contributor from India. Also, a Google Summer of Code 2026 contributor with FOSSASIA, working on TeamShifts, a team and volunteer management plugin for the Eventyay platform. I've been contributing to FOSSASIA for 9 months now. Alongside open source, I'm interested in software development, AI, and building practical technology projects. Through GSoC, I have explored what it means to work on a real-world project with an existing codebase and an international open-source community.
I'm Rachit Makwana, a GSoC 2026 contributor with FOSSASIA, working on Eventyay. I love exploring new technologies, solving real-world problems, and building things that make a difference. I'm passionate about open source, collaborating with developers worldwide, and turning ideas into impactful projects—one commit at a time. One of my biggest dreams is to join Google someday and build technology that impacts millions.
I’m a software engineer and open-source maintainer working across large-scale web applications, AI systems, real-time communication, and data-driven software. I’ve built and maintained production systems across the frontend and backend, working with technologies including Django, Vue, TypeScript, WebRTC, WebSockets, and modern AI/ML tooling.
Alongside systems engineering, I work on AI-powered software and developer tooling, including LLM applications, retrieval-augmented generation, agentic workflows, and evaluation pipelines.