@willingc.bsky.social and @hugobowne.bsky.social join host @richlitt.bsky.social to explore AI, maintainer challenges, community-driven models, and the future of open source. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/294
Daniel (@danielroe.dev) and Matias (@patak.cat) of npmx (npmx.dev) join host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) explores community, governance, inclusion, burnout, and sustainability beyond nonstop productivity. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/293
Join us for the launch of the Software Stewardship Lab (stewardshiplab.org)! @vlad.website is on the podcast with hosts @richlitt.bsky.social, @abbycabs.dev & @erioldoesdesign.bsky.social to talk about promoting research for OSS maintainers and sustainers. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/292.
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Chelsea (www.linkedin.com/in/chelseafi...) joins host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to dive in on her journey from volunteer to leader of a regional Python group, Python NZ’s (python.nz) financial crisis, and saving Kiwi PyCon (kiwipycon.nz). Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/291
Andrew (nesbitt.io) of Ecosyste.ms joins host Richard (bsky.app/profile/rich...) at UN Open Source Week in NYC to discuss AI exposing hidden OSS dependency risks and the need for faster updates, dependency pruning, and maintainer support. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/290
Courtney(courtney-e-miller.github.io) joins host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to explore software abandonment, maintainer burnout, AI tooling, and open source sustainability. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/289
Jeff (jyoung3131.github.io) and Daniel (www.linkedin.com/in/danielsho...) join Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) and Eriol (@erioldoesdesign.bsky.social) to discuss academic OSPOs, students learning OSS, and mentorship. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/288
We're hosting a forum on AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability. If you're interested in exploring how AI is impacting FLOSS software and all those who work on it: join us for the next SustainOSS Virtual Forum on Thursday 11 June 2026. sustainoss.org/events/ai-fl...
AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum
A Space for Open Source Sustainers
sustainoss.org
We're hosting a forum on AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability. If you're interested in exploring how AI is impacting FLOSS software and all those who work on it: join us for the next SustainOSS Virtual Forum on Thursday 11 June 2026. sustainoss.org/events/ai-fl...
AI, FLOSS, and Sustainability Virtual Forum
A Space for Open Source Sustainers
sustainoss.org
Alan Rubin (findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/6680...) joins host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to discuss MaveDB (www.varianteffect.org/mavedb/) and how open source tools advance genetics and cancer research data access. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/287
Alan Rubin (findanexpert.unimelb.edu.au/profile/6680...) joins host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to discuss MaveDB (www.varianteffect.org/mavedb/) and how open source tools advance genetics and cancer research data access. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/287
Host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) talks with Jack (@gdayitsjack.bsky.social) about PyCon AU (2026.pycon.org.au) and how regional conferences build local connections, support new speakers, and help sustain open source communities. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/286
Miranda (@mirandaheath.website) joins host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to dive into altruism, maintainer motivation, and burnout in open source communities. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/285
Trent (www.linkedin.com/in/trenton-v...) joins hosts Eriol (www.linkedin.com/in/eriolfox/) and Victory (www.linkedin.com/in/victory-b...) for a deep dive into Protocol Guild (www.protocolguild.org), and Ethereum’s (ethereum.org) unique finance. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/284
Nuno (nloureiro.com), together with hosts Eriol (www.linkedin.com/in/eriolfox/) and Victory (www.linkedin.com/in/victory-b...), discusses digital design at ethereum.org, open source UX challenges, collaboration, trust, and community feedback. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/283
Lucas (www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-fada/) shares with Eriol (www.linkedin.com/in/eriolfox/) and Victory (www.linkedin.com/in/victory-b...) startup insights, Drips Network (www.drips.network), and Web3 ecosystems (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web3). Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/282
Devansh (x.com/TheDevanshMe...) joins Eriol (www.linkedin.com/in/eriolfox/) & Victory (www.linkedin.com/in/victory-b...) to explore how to fund open-source infrastructure fairly and at scale. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/281
Eriol (www.linkedin.com/in/eriolfox/) and Victory (www.linkedin.com/in/victory-b...) talk with EF’s Nixo (x.com/nixorokish) on Ethereum (ethereum.org) governance, coordination, upgrades, and OSS. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/280
Shu Choudhary (www.linkedin.com/in/shubhrans...) dives into Democratic Media (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democra...), open source, Web3, and blockchain to democratize journalism and support independent media. Listen @ podcast.sustainoss.org/279
Mário Havel (github.com/taxmeifyoucan) explores Ethereum (ethereum.org) protocol support, Prague’s Bordell hackerspace (bordel.wtf), free software philosophy, open source sustainability, and crowd-loaning. Listen @ podcast.sustainoss.org/278
Rynn (www.linkedin.com/in/rynnmancu...), Maryblessing (linkedin.com/in/maryblessingokolie) & Mo (www.linkedin.com/in/maureenmc...) discuss OES (ethicalsource.dev) and Contributor Covenant 3.0 (www.contributor-covenant.org/version/3/0/...). Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/277
Dawn (dawnwages.info) and Loren (www.linkedin.com/in/loren-cra...) discuss sustaining Python (www.python.org/psf/), governance, fundraising, PyCon US (us.pycon.org/2026/), and rejecting a $1.5M NSF grant over anti-DEI terms. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/276
Host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) talks with Richard Acton (richardjacton.net), a Data Outputs Manager, about Research Software Sharing, Publication, & Distribution Checklists (rsspdc.org) and the role of open science in improving research practices. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/275
Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) talks with artist and technologist Qianqian “Q” Ye (qianqian-ye.com) about leading p5.js (p5js.org), open-source care work, decentralizing leadership, and building an inclusive, sustainable coding community. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/274
Host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) chats with Federico (viruta.org/pages/about....) about GIMP (www.gimp.org), GNOME’s (www.gnome.org) history, Rust, and the social, tech, and economic forces shaping open source development. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/273
Host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) chats with Federico Mena Quintero (viruta.org/index.html) about GIMP (www.gimp.org), GNOME’s (www.gnome.org) history, Rust, and the social, tech, and economic forces shaping open source development. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/273
Hosts Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social), Abby (abbycabs.github.io), and Eriol (@erioldoesdesign.bsky.social) chat with Sarah Rainsberger (@sarah11918.rainsberger.ca) of Astro (astro.build) about her journey & using low-tech tools like Chromebooks for coding. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/272
Kade Morton (www.linkedin.com/in/kade-mort...) of Arachne Digital (www.arachne.digital) joins hosts Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) and Eriol (@erioldoesdesign.bsky.social) to delve into cybersecurity, open source security, and global digital threat contexts. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/271
Ben (www.linkedin.com/in/benjamuk/) and Andrew (nesbitt.io) join host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to explore ecosyste.ms, a project using open source metadata to guide funding and support key projects with smart, ecosystem-aware algorithms. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/270
Marianne Bellotti (www.bellotti.tech) & Greg Wilson (third-bit.com) join host Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to dive into their new paper, “10 Quick Tips for Making Your Software Outlive Your Job” (arxiv.org/abs/2505.06484). Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/269
