---
layout: meetup
title: Bringing Open-Source Practices to Your Day Job
author: astacy
when: 2016-02-16T19:30:00-06:00
speakers:
  - name: Benjamin Coe
    title:
    avatar: https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/194609?v=3&s=400
    bio: Benjamin Coe was [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/)’s third employee and currently leads [npm On-Site](https://www.npmjs.com/onsite), npm’s registry product for enterprises. Ben is a core contributor to [yargs](https://www.npmjs.com/package/yargs), [node-redis](https://github.com/NodeRedis/node_redis), and [nyc](https://www.npmjs.com/package/nyc); is passionate about open-source-software; and loves working to bring these best practices to the enterprise.
    email:
    homepage:
    twitter: BenjaminCoe
    github:
    linkedin:
sponsor:
  name: IBM Design
  url: http://www.ibm.com/design/
  logo: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/IBM_logo.svg/2000px-IBM_logo.svg.png
venue: spredfast
after: gingerman
organizers:
  - lingram
  - astacy
---

> **We're not in our usual location!**: We'll be meeting at Spredfast this month in the Silicon Labs Building on Colorado/Cesar Chavez ([map](https://www.google.com/maps/place/200+W+Cesar+Chavez+St,+Austin,+TX+78701/@30.2642656,-97.7470567,18z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x8644b50602c5b57d:0x4c4d44de892b1d04)).

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We've got food and beverages this month thanks to **Front End Development at IBM**. If you'd like to hear more about what they're working on, feel free to reach out to frontend@us.ibm.com or check out the [Feducation event they're doing with General Assembly](https://generalassemb.ly/education/ga-fedibm-design-present-the-importance-of-a-pattern-library/austin/21730).
