SustainOSS
@sustainoss.bsky.social
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/275
June 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/274
June 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/273
June 13, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/273
June 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/272
June 6, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/271
May 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/270
May 23, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/269
May 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/269
Kicking off our 2025 Maintainer Month series, Dirkjan Ochtman (dirkjan.ochtman.nl) joins Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to talk Rust (github.com/rustls/rustls) maintenance, open source funding, and sustaining projects without burning out.
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/268
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/268
May 9, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Kicking off our 2025 Maintainer Month series, Dirkjan Ochtman (dirkjan.ochtman.nl) joins Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to talk Rust (github.com/rustls/rustls) maintenance, open source funding, and sustaining projects without burning out.
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/268
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/268
Michelle Barker (www.linkedin.com/in/michelled...) joins Richard (richlitt.bsky.social) as she unpacks how ReSA (www.researchsoft.org) powers open science, global collaboration, and community-driven research.
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/267
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/267
May 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Michelle Barker (www.linkedin.com/in/michelled...) joins Richard (richlitt.bsky.social) as she unpacks how ReSA (www.researchsoft.org) powers open science, global collaboration, and community-driven research.
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/267
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/267
Join Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social), Eriol Fox (@erioldoesdesign.bsky.social), Allen Gunn (buff.ly/4NeQAsi), Leslie Hawthorne (buff.ly/83QU7Lu), and Abby Mayes (abbycabs.github.io) as they explore the current state of open source sustainability and what lies ahead.
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Listen at 🎙️ buff.ly/6okqXss
April 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Join Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social), Eriol Fox (@erioldoesdesign.bsky.social), Allen Gunn (buff.ly/4NeQAsi), Leslie Hawthorne (buff.ly/83QU7Lu), and Abby Mayes (abbycabs.github.io) as they explore the current state of open source sustainability and what lies ahead.
Listen at 🎙️ buff.ly/6okqXss
Listen at 🎙️ buff.ly/6okqXss
Sean Goggins (www.seangoggins.net) shares his work with the CHAOSS Project (chaoss.community), exploring open-source sustainability, leadership, metrics, and his academic journey.
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/265
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/265
March 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Sean Goggins (www.seangoggins.net) shares his work with the CHAOSS Project (chaoss.community), exploring open-source sustainability, leadership, metrics, and his academic journey.
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/265
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/265
Neil Chue Hong (www.linkedin.com/in/neilchueh...) discusses SSI's £4.8M Research Software Maintenance Fund (www.software.ac.uk/news/ukri-aw...), supporting research software maintenance, and its role in software sustainability.
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/264
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/264
March 21, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Neil Chue Hong (www.linkedin.com/in/neilchueh...) discusses SSI's £4.8M Research Software Maintenance Fund (www.software.ac.uk/news/ukri-aw...), supporting research software maintenance, and its role in software sustainability.
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/264
Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/264
Alison Hill (https://bsky.app/profile/apreshill.com) delves into her shift from academia to industry, her role at Anaconda (https://www.anaconda.com/), and the impact of product management in open-source.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/263
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/263
January 24, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Alison Hill (https://bsky.app/profile/apreshill.com) delves into her shift from academia to industry, her role at Anaconda (https://www.anaconda.com/), and the impact of product management in open-source.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/263
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/263
It's happening again!
If you have interest, passion or need around the diverse range of topics collectively described as “sustainability of free and #opensource software”, we invite you to join us for the SustainOSS Virtual Forum, on Thursday 13 March 2025.
opencollective.com/sustainoss/e...
If you have interest, passion or need around the diverse range of topics collectively described as “sustainability of free and #opensource software”, we invite you to join us for the SustainOSS Virtual Forum, on Thursday 13 March 2025.
opencollective.com/sustainoss/e...
SustainOSS Virtual Forum - Open Collective
A virtual three-hour event bringing together developers, researchers, and policy makers
opencollective.com
January 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's happening again!
If you have interest, passion or need around the diverse range of topics collectively described as “sustainability of free and #opensource software”, we invite you to join us for the SustainOSS Virtual Forum, on Thursday 13 March 2025.
opencollective.com/sustainoss/e...
If you have interest, passion or need around the diverse range of topics collectively described as “sustainability of free and #opensource software”, we invite you to join us for the SustainOSS Virtual Forum, on Thursday 13 March 2025.
opencollective.com/sustainoss/e...
Brian Muenzenmeyer (https://brianmuenzenmeyer.com/) talks about his book, Approachable Open Source (https://approachableopensource.com/), emphasizing diverse contributions and inclusive paths in open source.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/262
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/262
January 3, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Brian Muenzenmeyer (https://brianmuenzenmeyer.com/) talks about his book, Approachable Open Source (https://approachableopensource.com/), emphasizing diverse contributions and inclusive paths in open source.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/262
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/262
Alexander Petros (https://alexanderpetros.com/) delves into htmx (https://htmx.org/), lightweight protocols, and open-source software's impact on the web's future.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/261
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/261
December 20, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Alexander Petros (https://alexanderpetros.com/) delves into htmx (https://htmx.org/), lightweight protocols, and open-source software's impact on the web's future.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/261
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/261
Robert Douglass (https://buff.ly/3YYDM53) delves into his history with Drupal (https://buff.ly/3hz83px), the new Drupal Certified Partner Program (https://buff.ly/3Z2F5zT), and helping the RFP process along.
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/3CDKDJE
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/3CDKDJE
December 13, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Robert Douglass (https://buff.ly/3YYDM53) delves into his history with Drupal (https://buff.ly/3hz83px), the new Drupal Certified Partner Program (https://buff.ly/3Z2F5zT), and helping the RFP process along.
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/3CDKDJE
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/3CDKDJE
Giulio Carvalho (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ogecece/) dives into the importance of civic tech projects like Querido Diário (https://queridodiario.ok.org.br/en-US/sobre) in improving transparency by centralizing data despite challenges from big tech.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/259
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/259
December 6, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Giulio Carvalho (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ogecece/) dives into the importance of civic tech projects like Querido Diário (https://queridodiario.ok.org.br/en-US/sobre) in improving transparency by centralizing data despite challenges from big tech.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/259
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/259
Devin Stein (https://github.com/devstein) dives into the challenges in open source sustainability, AI & LLMs for support, Dosu’s (https://dosu.dev/) knowledge base aids teams, and ethics in AI use.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/258
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/258
November 29, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Devin Stein (https://github.com/devstein) dives into the challenges in open source sustainability, AI & LLMs for support, Dosu’s (https://dosu.dev/) knowledge base aids teams, and ethics in AI use.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/258
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/258
Kailash Nadh (nadh.in/) talks about Zerodha's (zerodha.com/) FLOSS/Fund granting $1M per year to open source projects and the importance of the funding.json (buff.ly/4hoqzLa) format in funding FLOSS.
Listen at 🎙️ buff.ly/40nbe7z
Listen at 🎙️ buff.ly/40nbe7z
November 22, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Kailash Nadh (nadh.in/) talks about Zerodha's (zerodha.com/) FLOSS/Fund granting $1M per year to open source projects and the importance of the funding.json (buff.ly/4hoqzLa) format in funding FLOSS.
Listen at 🎙️ buff.ly/40nbe7z
Listen at 🎙️ buff.ly/40nbe7z
Thomas Karagianes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaskaragianes/) & Jonathan Romano (https://luxaritas.com/) discuss Eterna's (https://eternagame.org/) open source RNA research, blending human intuition, AI, and community-driven puzzle solutions.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/256
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/256
November 15, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Thomas Karagianes (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomaskaragianes/) & Jonathan Romano (https://luxaritas.com/) discuss Eterna's (https://eternagame.org/) open source RNA research, blending human intuition, AI, and community-driven puzzle solutions.
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/256
Listen at 🎙️ https://podcast.sustainoss.org/256
Caleb Connolly (https://buff.ly/4e0M4i6) & Pablo Correa Gómez (https://buff.ly/4hizkGt) dive into postmarketOS (https://buff.ly/2Q0g4C2), an OS for off-market phones, and how they're making it into a sustainable community.
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/4hibtH1
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/4hibtH1
November 8, 2024 at 3:00 PM
Caleb Connolly (https://buff.ly/4e0M4i6) & Pablo Correa Gómez (https://buff.ly/4hizkGt) dive into postmarketOS (https://buff.ly/2Q0g4C2), an OS for off-market phones, and how they're making it into a sustainable community.
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/4hibtH1
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/4hibtH1
Batool Almarzouq (https://buff.ly/3NCSoBS) talks about Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (https://osc-ksa.com/) and how localization and internationalization make more sustainable communities.
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/3BUKVvf
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/3BUKVvf
November 1, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Batool Almarzouq (https://buff.ly/3NCSoBS) talks about Open Science Community Saudi Arabia (https://osc-ksa.com/) and how localization and internationalization make more sustainable communities.
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/3BUKVvf
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/3BUKVvf
Juan Pablo Alperin (https://buff.ly/4eUc93t) and John Willinsky (https://buff.ly/3ZYtFzg) dive into PKP's (https://pkp.sfu.ca/) history, the development of OJS (https://buff.ly/4gYPuon), publishing, AI integration, and balancing growth with sustainability.
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/4eTrYHA
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/4eTrYHA
October 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Juan Pablo Alperin (https://buff.ly/4eUc93t) and John Willinsky (https://buff.ly/3ZYtFzg) dive into PKP's (https://pkp.sfu.ca/) history, the development of OJS (https://buff.ly/4gYPuon), publishing, AI integration, and balancing growth with sustainability.
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/4eTrYHA
Listen at 🎙️ https://buff.ly/4eTrYHA