Moriel Schottlender

Moriel Schottlender, a Principal Software Engineer at the Wikimedia Foundation, dives into the intricacies of modernizing MediaWiki, the backbone of Wikipedia. She emphasizes crucial traits of maintainable software: ownership, modularization, and documentation. Moriel shares her journey from fixing CSS bugs to tackling the challenges of scaling a 23-year-old monolith. Balancing experimentation with strategic architecture is key, along with fostering a vibrant contributor community. Her insights reveal the delicate dance between flexibility and stability in open-source projects.