Jason Lengstorf, a developer advocate for Gatsby, discusses the release of Gatsby v2, which was a long time coming and involved contributions from 315 people over months. He highlights Gatsby's open source strategy, including an open source swag store that shows appreciation for contributors and encourages first-time contributors to get involved. Lengstorf also talks about reducing the barrier between user experience and developer experience by removing the difficulty in implementing UX decisions. He emphasizes GraphQL adoption, accessibility, and the broader React ecosystem, stating that Gatsby is more than just a static site generator but an opinionated framework for building React apps with performance enhancements and predictable workflows. Finally, he defines Developer Experience as making the right thing the easy thing for developers, abstracting away difficult design decisions, and setting smart defaults to produce excellent results.