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Humans of Open Source

Humans of Open Source

By Humans of Open Source

A podcast where we explore the human side of working on open source software. We talk to contributors about how, what, and why they contribute in order to uncover the human element behind the open source communities that power our digital infrastructure.

Send us an email at humansofopensource@gmail.com.

Follow us on Twitter @HumansOfOSS.

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Niko Matsakis on how Rust has Matured

Humans of Open SourceNov 07, 2020

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Niko Matsakis on how Rust has Matured
Nov 07, 202046:10
Jeremy Walker on Being the BDFL of Exercism

Jeremy Walker on Being the BDFL of Exercism

Jeremy Walker is the Benevolent Dictator for Life of exercism.io, an open source community of learners looking to learn or upskill in different programming languages, and volunteer mentors who shepherd those learners through their respective learning journeys.

We talk to Jeremy about how he became a BDFL, about the challenges that come with having veto power over a community of volunteers, as well as Brexit (Jeremy resides in the UK).

Sep 28, 202051:50
Jon Gjengset on Finally being Done with School

Jon Gjengset on Finally being Done with School

Jon Gjengset is a PhD candidate at MIT's Parallel and Distributed Operating Systems group, where he works on Noria. Jon is also a prolific Rust livestreamer and contributor.

We talk to Jon about how it feels to finally be moving on from academia, what he's looking for in his next gig, and how he approaches teaching.

Aug 18, 202001:00:19
Chris Krycho on Life Post-New Rustacean

Chris Krycho on Life Post-New Rustacean

Chris Krycho is a follower of Christ and contributes to the TypeScript and Ember.js communities. He also hosted the New Rustacean podcast, which sought to teach Rust through a purely audio format.

We talk to Chris about how involved he is with Rust now that he no longer hosts New Rustacean, how his background as a Christian influences how he interacts with open source communities, as well as how he wrestles with the tensions of working on a project in the open that he hopes will one day become a source of revenue for him and his family.

  • Chris's website.
  • Chris's 2017 Rust Belt Rust talk titled Becoming a Contributor.
  • Chris's newsletter issue where he writes about the tensions between wanting to keep the source of the rewrite project open, but still maintain the ability to generate revenue from it.
  • The tauri.studio project allows you to write cross-platform applications using any web framework and then compile it into a performant native binary.
Aug 03, 202054:55
Me, Myself, and I on How this isn't a Rust Podcast
Aug 03, 202003:56