Gremlins in the water (JS Party #252)
KBall and Boneskull dive deep with Paloma Oliveira on the cultural and social consequences of open source software, explore her background in arts and government-supported open source, and discuss practical approaches to change the culture of open source towards more sustainability.
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- 0:00 Opener
- 0:43 Sponsor: Sentry
- 1:23 It's party time, y'all!
- 2:13 Welcoming Paloma
- 3:46 Paloma's in-progress book
- 5:38 Paloma's open source background
- 9:43 Chris' open source background
- 12:13 Hostility in OSS culture
- 13:57 Sponsor: Vercel
- 15:40 Overview of OSS cultural problems
- 18:42 Individual boundaries & volunteer labor
- 21:18 Imbalance is a key word here
- 27:13 Diversity problems & decision makers
- 35:03 Throwing gremlins in the water
- 36:52 Okay, back to saving open source
- 38:56 Sponsor: Sourcegraph
- 41:31 YOU can make open source more inclusive!
- 46:29 Incentivicing managers to fund OSS
- 47:59 Talent retention via open source
- 49:24 Investing in open source
- 53:18 The beauty of collaboration
- 54:50 Final thoughts! KBall
- 55:55 Final thoughts! Chris
- 56:47 Final thoughts! Paloma
- 58:32 Wrapping up!
- 58:52 Outro (review us on Apple!)
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