About Us

We teamed up during the pandemic at Virtual Coffee, where Bekah (a recent bootcamp graduate) and Ayu (a self-taught developer) were both just starting out in tech. Bekah created Virtual Coffee to be a place of connection and support for developers, and Ayu jumped in, leading monthly challenges and documentation with a big dose of empathy.

That same year, we held our first Hacktoberfest challenge with the community. It was through this event that we discovered how tricky open source can be when you're new, and it became clear to us that we had to find a way to make it less intimidating.

Since 2023, we’ve been maintaining the Intro to Open Source course, and in 2024, we teamed up with Jessica Wilkins to launch the Becoming a Maintainer course. Our goal is simple: help more people feel welcome and confident in open source.