Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. This is a special podcast and one of several in this series for GitHub’s Maintainer Month. We’re interviewing actual maintainers of open source code to talk about what they do, how they like it, and what they need to keep going. Today, we’re very excited to have two guests joining us. Our first guest is Sarah Boyce, who’s a Backend Developer at CheMondis and member of Django’s review and triage team. She talks about her role, her contributions to Django, her experiences on the review and triage team, and shares advice for those contemplating becoming a maintainer. Our second guest is David Blass, who’s a full-time JavaScript open source developer and Founder of ArkType, which is a TypeScript validation system. David discusses community feedback, improvements in the new release, the potential monetization of the project, and the TypeScript market and potential for growth of ArkType. Press download to hear more!

Desarrolladora FullStack durante 3 años, en los cuales ha ayudado a clientes y empresas a maximizar su retorno de inversión en tecnología. Software Developer, UI Designer & Robotic enthusiast. Trans. She/Her, LGBT+

Ricardo es un entusiasta de la tecnología para el bien social con sede en México. Actualmente trabaja en soluciones tecnológicas y de datos que tienen un impacto positivo en la sociedad y ayudan a resolver problemas públicos y sociales.

Calling all open source maintainers attending Open Source Summit North America! You’re invited to the Maintainer Month Happy Hour hosted by GitHub on Tuesday night.

Open source runs the world, but who runs open source? Open source maintainers are behind the software we use everyday, but they don't always have the community or support they need. That's why we're celebrating open source maintainers during the month of May.

As a thank you for the great work you’re doing for the open source community, please enjoy some appetizers and have a drink on us. Bring your friends, connect with peers, and chat with GitHub on how we can best support the community.

You must be registered for Open Source Summit North America to attend this happy hour. Use the Maintainer Month discount code OSSNA23GHMM for a 20% discount for new registrants!

In this bonus episode, we hear from Kubernetes superstar Kelsey Hightower. Diving into crucial elements like empathy in maintainership, succession planning, and the identification of future leaders, hosts Martin Woodward and Neha Batra explore Kelsey’s philosophy on fostering thriving open source communities—and his hopes for the future state of Kubernetes. Dedicated to GitHub’s Maintainer Month, the conversation focuses on the people behind the projects, highlighting their extraordinary effort and celebrating their impact on the community.

Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. This is a special podcast and one of several in this series for GitHub’s Maintainer Month. We’re interviewing actual maintainers of open source code to talk about what they do, how they like it, and what they need to keep going.

Today, we’re very excited to have two guests joining us. Our first guest is Bob Killen, who’s a Program Manager at Google, serves the Kubernetes project as a Steering Committee member and chair of the Contributor Experience Special Interest Group. Bob talks about the mentoring cohort approach the Kubernetes community has, the importance of titles, and the value of a defined contributor ladder to recognize and motivate contributors. Our next guest is Navendu Pottekkat, who’s a Maintainer of Apache APISIX, the Cloud Native API Gateway. Navendu tells us about his experience in contributing to building, scaling, and maintaining open source projects, his involvement in mentorship programs, and the importance of people focusing on balancing the code with the community aspect. Download this episode now to hear much more!

JupyterCon (May 10-12 in Paris) brings together data scientists, business analysts, researchers, educators, developers, and core project maintainers for in-depth training, insightful keynotes, networking events, and practical talks exploring the Jupyter ecosystem.

Use the Maintainer Month discount code "Jupyter Maintainer" for a €50 discount on an Individual Pass!

Open Source Summit (May 10-12, Vancouver) is the premier event for open source developers, technologists, and community leaders to collaborate, share information, solve problems, and gain knowledge, furthering open source innovation and ensuring a sustainable open source ecosystem. It is the gathering place for open-source code and community contributors.

Open Source Summit is a conference umbrella, composed of a collection of events covering the most important technologies, topics, and issues affecting open source today.

Visit our Maintainer Month activation with live podcasting from the Changelog podcast in the expo hall. Use the Maintainer Month discount code OSSNA23GHMM for a 20% discount for new registrants!

At GitHub, we're all about Open Source, but it's for startups, too.

Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. This is a special podcast and one of several in this series for Maintainer Month. We’re interviewing maintainers to ask them about their experience of open source and their experience of living as maintainers. Our first guest is Dr. Russell Keith-Magee, who’s the Founder of the BeeWare Project and Software Engineer at Anaconda working on BeeWare in the OSS team. Russell talks about starting the project, the challenges of transitioning from an author to a maintainer, and the role of Anaconda in the Python ecosystem. Then we’ll have a conversation with our next guest, Uriel Ofir, who’s the Founder and Manager of Ma’akaf, an open source Israel community. Uriel tells us all about Ma’akaf, the importance of members being serious and proactive in contributing to the community, and how they encourage participants to contribute and improve their skills through an “open source party.” Hit download to hear much more!

En cada episodio, se invita a expertos en diferentes áreas de la tecnología para discutir sobre temas relacionados con el código abierto, la colaboración en proyectos, y cómo estas herramientas pueden ser utilizadas para beneficio de la sociedad en general.

How does one pick up the maintainership baton? Turns out that you can ask for it! Join a special Maintainer Month conversation with Jessica Tegner and Open Source Stories as she tells the story of how she went from contributing to pypandoc to being the maintainer of it, and of the pressures that come from maintaining a widely used project.

Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. This is a special podcast and one of several in this series for Maintainer Month. We’re interviewing maintainers to ask them about their experience of open source and their experience of living as maintainers. We’re super excited to have two guests with us.

Our first guest is Predrag Gruevski, who’s the maintainer of two projects in the Rust ecosystem. Predrag discusses his role as a maintainer for these projects, and he shares his motivations for volunteering as a maintainer, the value of making an impact on the community, and the importance of mentorship.

Our next guest is Kingsley Mkpandiok, who’s a B2B B2C UX Designer, Open Source Design Advocate, and has contributed to projects like CHAOSS Africa and OSCAfrica Festival. Kingsley shares his journey as a UX designer contributing to open source projects in Nigeria, he discusses the challenges of onboarding designers, shares his approach to creating a welcoming environment and providing opportunities for designers to contribute beyond initial tasks. Download this episode now to hear much more!

At GitHub, we're all about Open Source, but it's for startups, too.

In this Twitter Space with CHAOSS Project Africa, we will hear from some maintainers who actively contribute and maintain the CHAOSS Project talk about their journey, and how they navigate their daily lives as a maintainer.

Mockoon - Do you wish you could quickly design and run mock REST APIs? With Mockoon you can! Tune in as Guillaume demonstrates how Mockoon empowers you to design and run mock REST APIs with ease.

Open source is made by people just like you. This Friday, invest a few hours contributing to the software you use and love.

Ulises Gascón es un OpenSource Mantenedor & Ingeniero de Software Senior. Miembro del Grupo de Trabajo de Seguridad del Ecosistema Node.js Miembro del equipo central y principal colaborador en varios proyectos de código abierto como Expressjs, Yeoman, OWASP NodeGoat

Hello and welcome to Sustain! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source for the long haul. This is a special podcast and one of several in this series for GitHub’s Maintainer Month. We’re interviewing maintainers to ask them about their experience of open source and their experience of living as maintainers. We are super excited to talk to our guest, Martin Woodward, who’s the VP of Developer Relations at GitHub. Today, Martin explains the origins of Maintainer Month and discusses his role in supporting open source maintainers and helping them succeed with GitHub. The conversation also covers topics such as the distinction between open source authors and maintainers, the GitHub Accelerator program and the M12 fund, the future of maintainership and funding challenges, and strategies for setting expectations for senior management and funders. There’s much more, so hit download now!

Supply Chain requirements got you down? Getting an endless array of false positives from you ‘SBOM scanners’ ? Spending more of your time proving you don’t have a ‘false positive’ from your scanners than fixing real vulnerabilities in your code? There has to be a better way.

There is. Come hear about a new way to capture the full artifact dependency graph of your software, not as a ‘scan’ after the fact, but as an output of your build tools themselves. Find out when this feature is coming to a build tool near you.

Open-source parties are part of our OS community tradition.

Everyone joins our Discord video meeting and introduces themselves in the context of open-source.

Working together to figure out how each one can proceed and how to make connections with each participant.

What changes when the projects you maintain are cornerstones of security? In a special Open Source Stories Maintainer Month conversation with Filippo Valsorda, he elaborates on his experience as a cryptographer, his work in Go, and how his approach to maintainership might be a bit different from the average maintainer.

Como reconocido desarrollador de software de Colombia, @tiangolo ha realizado importantes contribuciones al mundo del Machine Learning y sistemas de datos, construyendo APIs y herramientas para organizaciones de todo el mundo. Durante el evento, @tiangolo compartirá información sobre la creación de FastAPI, Typer y otras herramientas de código abierto.

In this 90-minute interactive workshop, maintainers will share their experiences and learn about frameworks around the contributor life-cycle. We’ll document and share best practices to help other maintainers onboard new contributors and invest in new maintainers.

Workshop registration is available in the private Maintainer Community. Request an invitation here: maintainers.github.com

If you're part of the private Maintainer Community, you can register here.

At GitHub, we're all about Open Source, but it's for startups, too.