Amanda Casari is a researcher and engineer continuously fascinated by the difference between the systems we aim to create and the ones that emerge. Her current research focuses on risk and resilience in open source ecosystems and networks. She has been an active contributor and community member in open source for over a decade, including: organizing local community groups, filing issues, cleaning up documentation, testing fixes, moving chairs, funding conference sponsorships and stickers, and baking pies.
Amanda Casari has hosted 10 Episodes.
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Episode 226: Jacob Kaplan-Moss on Compensating Open Source Maintainers (but not that way)
March 29th, 2024 | 33 mins 35 secs
Jacob talks about the backlash against open source maintainers seeking compensation, ethical use of software, financial support for maintainers, and complexities in licensing.
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Episode 181: John Robb of React Flow on how we ask for money in open source
June 2nd, 2023 | 36 mins 55 secs
John talks about React Flow, paying and supporting diverse contributors, establishing boundaries for a safe environment, and autonomy over endless growth.
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Episode 177: Lisa Caywood from RedHat's OSPO on working with code communities
May 19th, 2023 | 37 mins 35 secs
Lisa talks about the telco industry’s shift towards open source code, the importance of community health, and strategic alignment with Red Hat’s objectives in deciding whether to continue investing in a particular community.
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Episode 155: Yadira Sánchez Benítez on creating liberatory, pluriversal spaces in Open Source
February 24th, 2023 | 40 mins 3 secs
Yadira tells us about her Fellowship with the Software Sustainability Institute, what open source means in community work, her work with other communities that have language barriers to get them more involved, and she talks about the importance of being aware of the privileges we hold in different spaces.
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Episode 141: Melissa Mendonça on being a Developer Experience Engineer for scientific OSS
October 7th, 2022 | 44 mins 58 secs
Melissa tells us about their work with developer communities at NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and pandas, and how to help people feel seen, heard, and appreciated for their OSS contributions
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Episode 136: Daniel S. Katz on the Research Software Alliance (ReSA)
September 2nd, 2022 | 39 mins 32 secs
Daniel joins us to talk about ReSA, how academia has changed over the years, and why funding is necessary for these projects
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Episode 133: Sustain and CHAOSS: A Joint Podcast
August 12th, 2022 | 40 mins 46 secs
Georg Link, Richard Littauer, Dawn Foster, Willem Jiang, Amanda Casari, and Ben Nickolls on maintaining open source
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Episode 128: Sustain Hosts: What Does Sustain Mean?
July 8th, 2022 | 39 mins 59 secs
Our panelists, Richard, Justin, Ben, and Amanda, talk about the origins of SustainOSS and how it started, the definition of a “sustainer,” and how we can grow as a community.
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Episode 125: Astor Nummelin Carlberg of OFE on the Economic Impact of Open Source
June 17th, 2022 | 38 mins 38 secs
Astor of OFE talks about the economic impact of Open Source, and OSPO networks as policy tools.
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Episode 116: Álvaro Trigo of fullPage.js, on making a living using OSS
April 8th, 2022 | 37 mins 33 secs
Álvaro shares his story of making a living as an OSS maintainer, how he started and maintains fullPage.js as a full-time contributor, and why he encourages people to create open source projects.