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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Jun 27

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Jun 20

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Jun 13

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Jun 13

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Jun 6

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · May 30

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · May 23

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · May 16

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).

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · May 9

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · May 2

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Apr 18

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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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Mar 28

Sean Goggins (www.seangoggins.net) shares his work with the CHAOSS Project (chaoss.community), exploring open-source sustainability, leadership, metrics, and his academic journey.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Mar 21

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Jan 24

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Jan 17

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...

SustainOSS Virtual Forum - Open Collective

A virtual three-hour event bringing together developers, researchers, and policy makers

opencollective.com

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Jan 3

Brian Muenzenmeyer (https://brianmuenzenmeyer.com/) talks about his book, Approachable Open Source (https://approachableopensource.com/), emphasizing diverse contributions and inclusive paths in open source.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Dec 20

Alexander Petros (https://alexanderpetros.com/) delves into htmx (https://htmx.org/), lightweight protocols, and open-source software's impact on the web's future.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Dec 13

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Dec 6

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Nov 29

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Nov 22

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Nov 15

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Nov 8

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Nov 1

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.

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SustainOSS @sustainoss.bsky.social · Oct 25

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.

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