A podcast discussing the latest in open source, software development, and the people behind it.
Various projects
May 2025
A podcast discussing the latest in open source, software development, and the people behind it.
Various projects
Stories and interviews highlighting the work and journeys of developers in the open source community.
Various projects
Special for Maintainer Month, Ayu shares their journey and experience from being a contributor to a maintainer
Maintainer Journey
Maintainers talk about their struggles leading projects, and how the industry needs to change
Burnout
A conversation with Sarah Christoph, lead maintainer of Porter, and Karen Chu, community manager for Helm, on the realities of maintaining OSS.
Community building, Maintainer Journey, Burnout
Ryan Carniato shares his journey from music to open source, discussing SolidJS and MarkoJS.
Maintainer Journey
Kade Morton talks about their journey to starting a company that uses and maintains open source software.
Maintainer Journey, Cybersecurity
A podcast exploring TypeScript, open source, and creating user-friendly interfaces.
Django, ArkType
Insights on contributing to the Windows Package Manager Community repository.
Windows Package Manager
Exploring the role of maintainers in the open source ecosystem and their impact.
Companies sponsoring OSS
Conversations on Kubernetes, Apache APISIX, and their contributions to open source.
Kubernetes, Apache APISIX
Guidance on getting involved with the Dapr community and its projects.
Dapr
An exploration of the story behind Open Source Software Philippines (OSSPH).
Open Source Software Philippines
Behind-the-scenes insights into contributions to SurrealDB during Maintainer Month 2023.
SurrealDB
Advice for contributors aspiring to take on the role of maintainers in open source projects.
Contributorhood to Maintainership
Kelsey shares his origin story, insights on the future of Kubernetes, and advice on making complicated technology easier to understand.
Maintainer Journey, Kubernetes
A video session discussing open source contributions and the journey of Seamly.
Maintainer Journey
A discussion about the essential human factors that keep the open source ecosystem thriving.
Critical Human Infrastructure
Exploring what's next for Entity Framework Core Power Tools.
Entity Framework Core Power Tools
A podcast highlighting the BeeWare Project and Ma'akaf initiatives.
BeeWare Project, Ma’akaf
Insights into Jessica's journey to becoming a maintainer for the pypandoc project.
pypandoc
An introduction to Azure Redis and its open source contributions.
Redis
Discussions on Rust and open source design contributions.
Rust, Open Source Design
A podcast episode focused on the significance of Maintainer Month and its impact.
Maintainer Month
An introduction to OmniBOR and how it benefits open source projects.
OmniBOR
Behind-the-scenes insights into contributions to SurrealDB during Maintainer Month 2023.
SurrealDB
Stormy Peters, Dr. Dawn Foster, and Angie Byron discuss the challenges and rewards of maintaining maintainers.
Maintainer Journey
A conversation between Ebony Louis and Brian Ellin on building and maintaining the Bluesky MCP server—and what it takes to build with open protocols.
AI agent, MCP, open source
Rizel Scarlett speaks with Sean Falconer and Edward V., maintainers of the Confluence MCP server, about building it and how it democratizes real-time data streaming.
AI agent, MCP server, goose, confluence
To help an AI agent drive a robot, contributor Ian Douglas became a maintainer by extending an existing MCP server—highlighting the power of shared ownership and open source collaboration.
AI agent, MCP server, robot, open source
Mic Neale shares his perspective as a maintainer on building tools that respect developer autonomy while building local-first AI tools.
AI agent, open source
Hear about Swastik Baranwal's open source story through the Open Source Initiative (OSI), where he tells his story and how he inspires new people to get involved in open source.
open source, story, maintainer
In this episode of What’s in the SOSS?, CRob sits down with Kevin Crosby and Xavier René-Corail from GitHub to unpack the GitHub Secure Open Source (SOS) Fund.
open source, security, funding