Mikeal Rogers joined the show to talk about io.js, a friendly fork of Node.js with an open governance model. We discussed why the io.js fork exists, why they choose open governance, the roadmap and future of io.js, supporting ES6, burnout while working in open source, and the steps you can take to get involved with the future of io.js and Node.js.

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Featuring:

Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, X
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Show Notes:

Mikeal Rogers on Github
io.js - JavaScript I/O
io.js - ES6 on io.js
iojs/roadmap
indutny (Fedor Indutny)
Before the Drama | hueniverse
Node Forward
Node Conf
nodeschool.io
Oakland.js
Node Conf One-Shot

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The Rise of io.js (Changelog Interviews #139)