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As with all open source projects, the heart and soul of Solidus lie in its community. Over the years, hundreds of people have contributed to Solidus to turn it into the best eCommerce platform for custom stores, and we are honored for having the opportunity to work with such outstanding professionals every day.

It is our responsibility to ensure Solidus continues to be an amazing and collaborative space for developers and eCommerce experts from all over the world, which is why we are proud to present the first version of our [Community Guidelines](https://guides.solidus.io/).

We want everybody to feel welcome and free to contribute to Solidus and participate in its  community, no matter their identity or beliefs, and we can only do that by having the proper tools and processes in place.

At this time, the Community Committee, responsible for enforcing the Guidelines, is made up by Jacob Herrington, Peter Berkenbosch and Alessandro Desantis. Feel free to reach out to them on Slack if you have any questions or feedback!

We hope that the Guidelines will encourage even more people to contribute to Solidus and be a part of our community. We look forward to seeing you!

Solidus Community Guidelines

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker You

We’re proud to announce that *YOU* could be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

You like open source. You probably depend on it - or at least use it a lot - at work. Regardless, it's something that you're passionate about, and you want to spread that passion. Maybe you want to explain how you've tackled a platform problem in a novel way. Maybe you want to share an integration you've done for Solidus. Or maybe you just want to talk about how your team came to the decision to move to Solidus. It doesn't matter - we want to hear from you!


### Lightning Talks

This speaker spot at **SolidusConf 2019** will consist of 5 or 6 speakers, each giving a talk lasting a maximum of 5 minutes. Anyone will be able to register to give a lightning talk at the conference - just ask one of the organizers where to sign up!


We’re proud to announce that YOU could be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Lightning Talks

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Ryan Cromwell

We’re proud to announce that Ryan Cromwell will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Ryan Cromwell is the Technical Director at [Sparkbox](https://seesparkbox.com/) with nearly 15 years of experience delivering solutions ranging from real-time customer loyalty systems and elegant user experiences to streamlined statistical process control software. Having worked with passionate, high-performing teams, Ryan ventured into the world of Scrum.org training and Agile coaching to replicate those amazing experiences. Ryan’s passion remains delivering software others enjoy using. He is co-founder of Dayton Clean Coders, the Dayton Elixir virtual Meetup, co-organizer of Southwest Ohio GiveCamp, and all around software community ally. You can find Ryan at [http://cromwellhaus.com](http://cromwellhaus.com) and on Twitter as @cromwellryan.


### Making the Leap to Tech Lead

You’re a solid developer. You’ve built software people use, and it works well for them. Now, you want that next step—to lead a team who builds software. Join me to gain an understanding of the Tech Lead role and the trails, skills, and experiences that shape a successful Tech Lead.

### [See Ryan speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx8BepRpfvg&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=3&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Ryan Cromwell could be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Speaker Ryan Cromwell

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Thomas Sample


We’re proud to announce that Thomas Sample will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Focused on Spree and Solidus since 2013, Thomas founded Karma Creative in 2017, a full-service custom digital agency focused on Solidus, eCommerce, and SEO. There he continues to work passionately on the platform he loves, committed to working with karma, and to providing real business value through close alignment and long-lasting relationships. Thomas also loves to play guitar, go hiking, and make hot sauce.


### 101 Solidus SEO Tips: The Ultimate Guide

A deep dive into the business value and practical application of SEO techniques and principles for your Solidus store. We’ll dig into actionable advise that actually works, formatted into 101 ways to improve your rankings and increase your sales.

### [See Thomas speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x97CvnDV4Ko&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=2&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Thomas Sample could be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Speaker Thomas Sample

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Braden Douglass


We’re proud to announce that Braden Douglass will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Braden is a developer, community advocate and organizer. He's a half JavaScript, half Ruby chameleon hailing from somewhere-yet-nowhere Maine. He remotely builds enjoyable products at [Glossier](https://www.glossier.com/).


### Breaking Up The <s>Band</s> Monolith With EQ

Emotional intelligence is sometimes missing from the software engineering realm. However, how can we as engineers and managers utilize it when feeling the pain of a monolithic application design? How do EQ markers equate to when and how a monolith should be deconstructed? The talk will explore the fundamentals of emotional intelligence in an engineering team and how to utilize tools from the 'emotional intelligence tool-belt' to read when a team is ready to deconstruct their monolith.

### [See Braden speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6H-2ta_JJ8&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=9&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Branden Douglas could be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Speaker Braden Douglass

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Peter Berkenbosch

We’re proud to announce that Peter Berkenbosch will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Peter has a Bachelor’s degree in computer science and got his start in the exciting world of ”Enterprise Java.” After discovering Ruby and Ruby on Rails in 2007, everything changed: he launched a Spree store, started actively contributing to the Spree community, and eventually, became a core team member at Spree. Since May 2015 Peter’s focus has shifted from Spree to Solidus.

Peter has a knack for producing high-quality code that is tried and tested, and can often be heard asking “are there any specs?” He usually works remotely from a small town in the Netherlands.

Currently Peter works as an independent e-commerce developer and consultant for a number of different agencies and stores, from troubleshooting (performance) challenges with large scale storefronts to development of (open source) extensions and SaaS storefront products and anything in between.

In his spare time, Peter loves hanging out with his children, fly-fishing, playing soccer, wine and dine, and cross-country runs with his adorable English Stafford.



### Solidus Internals, an Adventure Through Less Known Features

Exploring some of the less known features and configuration hooks in Solidus and how you can use these to extend and customize your storefront while still keeping Solidus as vanilla as possible.

### [See Peter speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JW8Z2kv-okM&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=4&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Peter Berkenbosh could be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Speaker Peter Berkenbosch

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Joel Saupe

We’re proud to announce that Joel Saupe will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Joel is Lead Software Engineer of Frontend Development at [Deseret Book](https://deseretbook.com) and a certified pixel pusher. Otherwise, he's found kickin' it with his family or running for extended periods of time.


### Solidus API: From PWAs to Native and Beyond

In a world of JavaScript and native apps, how does Solidus fit in? We’ll discuss the highs and lows of using the Solidus API, and how we built an extensible JavaScript SDK enabling us to develop Solidus backed PWAs, native apps, and more.

### [See Joel speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJBog3hjAt4&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=11&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Joel Saupe could be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Speaker Joel Saupe

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Taylor Scott

We’re proud to announce that Taylor Scott will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Taylor Scott is currently a Senior Software Engineer working for [Deseret Book](https://deseretbook.com). His current
role involves working with Elasticsearch to provide logging, metrics, and
front-end search. This also extends to DevOps creating CI pipelines and ensuring
reliable testing and deployment. Last but not least, he works on creating
many features for Deseret Book which integrate with the Solidus platform.

When he's not "on the line" researching new technologies and solutions, he's making the *World of warcraft* a better place. he's also the very proud parent
of an obese cat named Fred who also happens to be his alarm clock in the morning.


### Taking Solidus From Development to Production

This talk is focused on deploying a Solidus application to a multi-container environment on Elasticbeanstalk in AWS. The stack is a rails application running beside an nginx web server. This will all be executed through GitLab CI but other CI platforms will be similar.

### [See Taylor speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAZDp4xw6cU&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=6&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Taylor Scott could be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Speaker Taylor Scott

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Ernesto Tagwerker

We’re proud to announce that Ernesto Tagwerker will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Ernesto is the Founder of [Ombu Labs](https://www.ombulabs.com), a small software development company dedicated to building lean code. When he is not obsessively playing table tennis or chess, he likes to maintain a few Ruby gems including database_cleaner and email-spec. He is passionate about writing less code, launching minimal products, coaching entrepreneurs, contributing to open source, and eating empanadas.

### Escaping The Tar Pit

Nobody wants to inherit a project that reeks but here we are: Stuck in the tar pit. How can we get out? Could we have avoided it in the first place? In this talk you will learn how to use a few, great Ruby gems that will guide you out of that sticky tar you are in.

### [See Ernesto speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am-oVaAkDNw&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=7&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Ernesto Tagwerker could be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Speaker Ernesto Tagwerker

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Sean Denny


We’re proud to announce that Sean Denny will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Sean Denny is CIO and lead developer at [TubeDepot](https://tubedepot.com) and serves as secretary for the Solidus Stakeholders group. He got his start in web development at the age of 11, learning HTML to build [a Zelda fansite](https://web.archive.org/web/20010405002630/http://zeldacraziness.tripod.com/). His design skills have improved slightly since then.

After work, Sean spends his time playing guitar, video games, and volunteering for various organizations such as Citizens Climate Education and GiveCamp. He was the organizer for last years [Southeast Solidus](https://southeastsolid.us/), and is the lead organizer for this years **SolidusConf 2019**.

### Community Driven Solidus

The management of Solidus has largely been nailed down since the dissolution of Stembolt, but what does this new nonprofit, community-driven structure means for the platform long-term? This talk aims to address that questions - and provide an explanation as to why this will benefit the platform.

### [See Sean speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUHMWco4qkE&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=12&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Sean Denny will be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

SolidusConf 2019 Speaker Sean Denny

## Hello everyone!

As we have already announced in our Slack channel, we are currently conducting two surveys that will
help us define Solidus' roadmap for the rest of 2019 and 2020.

The first survey is aimed at websites which are currently on Solidus: we think you, the Solidus community, can provide invaluable feedback on what's working and what we could be doing better for
you. The second survey is for websites which are currently on a different platform. It will help us understand how we can make Solidus a more appealing option for these users, and what the biggest and most recurring pain points are in the eCommerce space.

**You can find the surveys here:**

![Question](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9g5nd6b4/production/a2cd63296a2b6317f7cff9fdba493f7c4896dafa-1219x173.png?fit=clip&q=60)
![Yes/No Answer](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9g5nd6b4/production/ed3e106c96f772d4c9f0986ce486fa5d5f61241c-1219x173.png?fit=clip&q=60)
![Solidus Users Survey](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9g5nd6b4/production/07288639beb8b9df0dcfbf0186f52fb1988f7816-1219x292.png?fit=clip&q=60)
![](https://cdn.sanity.io/images/9g5nd6b4/production/d7fbe3a7e142c3598f0ac9b90eb08d4a7e8c7efe-1219x286.png?fit=clip&q=60)

[Solidus Users Survey](https://forms.gle/MGtDtgVMB7G9Q2aL8)

[Solidus Non-Users Survey](https://forms.gle/U8UjXSWpfmnriVnd7)


We're trying to reach as many people as possible and we would really appreciate your help! Fill the surveys if you haven't already (they're very short!), and share them with your network if you think they have interesting thoughts or ideas to send our way.

#### Together, we are going to shape the future of Solidus!

As we have already announced in our Slack channel, we are currently conducting two surveys that will help us define Solidus' roadmap for the rest of 2019 and 2020.

Be part of the first Solidus Roadmap Survey!

## Introducing SolidusConf Speaker Alessandro Desantis


We’re proud to announce that Alessandro Desantis will be joining us as a speaker for **SolidusConf 2019**.

Alessandro Desantis is a developer, founder and engineering manager based in Rome. He has worked for and advised numerous startups on what makes engineers happy and productive.

More recently, he has been working for Nebulab, helping the team scale their consulting efforts and ensure the success of Solidus. More information can be found at [alessandro.codes](https://alessandro.codes).

### Extensions Are Dead, Long Live Extensions!

The talk goes into depth about the problems we are currently facing in the Solidus extensions ecosystem and how we have decided to approach them. Alessandro will talk about streamlining and automating extension maintenance with the right tools, getting rid of monkey-patching by going back to the basics of OOP, and enforcing a clear governance model that creates accountability for maintainers and the core team.

### [See Alessandro speak at SolidusConf 2019](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iKjxcyLzmI&list=PLE7tQUdRKcyaJKKOulAmyi-z323OPY5mW&index=5&pp=iAQB)

We’re proud to announce that Alessandro Desantis will be joining us as a speaker for SolidusConf 2019.

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