FOSDEM 2026 Talks

After having sampled the FOSDEM 2026 talks, these are my top five recommendations.

  1. On challenges implementing White Rabbit time synchronisation and why most FPGA kits aren't sufficient:
    White Rabbit for the masses: distributed coherent SDR on generic FPGA boards
  2. Interesting details on non-satellite time distribution signals such as DCF77:
    Very low frequency (VLF) time and frequency transfer signal analysis using KiwiSDR recordings
  3. RISC-V design pain points from a CPU builder's point of view:
    RISC-V had 40 years of history to learn from: What it gets right, and what it gets hilariously wrong
  4. Even if you like Ansible, entertaining talk about an alternative approach:
    PyInfra: Because Your Infrastructure Deserves Real Code in Python, Not YAML Soup
  5. Refreshing talk on modern email (adjacent) standards, especially if you have low-level IMAP experience ...
    JMAP for Everything (Destroy All Monsters): JMAP Calendar, Contacts, Files