Open source software is fundamental to almost every modern application, from frameworks running the most popular websites to libraries securing financial backend systems. Despite its role in global collaboration and innovation, open source faces significant challenges in sustainability, community health, and maintenance. Many crucial dependencies worldwide are still managed by a small group of volunteers.
Abby Cabunoc Mayes, who leads Open Source Maintainer Programs at GitHub, and Brian Muenzenmeyer, a Principal Engineer, Node.js maintainer, and author of “Approachable Open Source,” discuss with Josh Goldberg what it takes to build and sustain healthy open source projects, foster inclusive communities, understand the evolving role of open source in the workplace, and how AI is transforming collaboration.
Josh Goldberg is an independent full-time open source developer in the TypeScript ecosystem. He works on projects that help developers write better TypeScript, particularly on typescript-eslint, which integrates ESLint and Prettier for TypeScript code. He contributes regularly to open source projects like ESLint and TypeScript, is a Microsoft MVP for developer technologies, and authored “Learning TypeScript” (O’Reilly), a valuable resource for developers new to TypeScript. Josh frequently delivers talks and workshops at bootcamps, conferences, and meetups on TypeScript, static analysis, open source, and web development.
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