web02.fireside.fm Sun, 31 May 2026 03:07:23 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Sustain - Episodes Tagged with “Github” https://podcast.sustainoss.org/tags/github Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0400 Sustain brings together practitioners, sustainers, funders, researchers and maintainers of the open source ecosystem. We have conversations about the health and sustainability of the open source community. We learn about the ins and outs of what ‘open source’ entails in the real world. Open source means so much more than a license; we're interested in talking about how to make sure that the culture of open source continues, grows, and ultimately, sustains itself. Newsletter en episodic A Podcast by SustainOSS SustainOSS Sustain brings together practitioners, sustainers, funders, researchers and maintainers of the open source ecosystem. We have conversations about the health and sustainability of the open source community. We learn about the ins and outs of what ‘open source’ entails in the real world. Open source means so much more than a license; we're interested in talking about how to make sure that the culture of open source continues, grows, and ultimately, sustains itself. Newsletter no open source,open source software,open source community,open source community growth,open source development,software development,software developer,programming software,open source contributor SustainOSS jd@sustainoss.org Episode 2: Is GitHub Sponsors Good for OSS? https://podcast.sustainoss.org/2 6acc45a6-3511-427f-b7aa-c1beb6e6ad46 Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:00:00 -0400 SustainOSS full SustainOSS 46:48 no Sponsors: <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.cachefly.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">CacheFly</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2>Panel</h2> <ul> <li> <p>Richard Littauer</p> </li> <li> <p>Jon Schlinkert</p> </li> <li> <p>Eric Berry</p> </li> </ul> <h2>Episode Summary</h2> <p>The panel discusses the announcement of the beta <a href="https://github.com/sponsors" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GitHub Sponsors</a>, a new way to financially support the developers who build the open source software. They list the features they like that GitHub Sponsors offers but think the beta roll-out could have been handled differently. A lot of critical software is dependent on open source software and many of these open source software libraries are maintained by unsupported developers. The panel uses border patrolling drones that are used to identify threats as an example to demonstrate how everyday life can suffer if open source sponsorship is geared only towards finished products rather than libraries like these.</p> <h2>Links</h2> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://github.com/sponsors" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">GitHub Sponsors</a></p> </li> </ul> <h2>Picks</h2> <p><strong>Jon Schlinkert:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man's_Search_for_Meaning" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man's_Search_for_Meaning</a></p> </li> <li> <p>Eric Berry</p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Eric Berry:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://metabase.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://metabase.com/</a></p> </li> <li> <p><a href="https://tryshift.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://tryshift.com/</a></p> </li> </ul> <p><strong>Richard Littauer:</strong></p> <ul> <li> <p><a href="https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/momentum-generation" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.hbo.com/documentaries/momentum-generation</a></p> </li> </ul> <hr> github, open source, github sponsors

  • CacheFly

    • Panel

    • Richard Littauer

    • Jon Schlinkert

    • Eric Berry

    Episode Summary

    The panel discusses the announcement of the beta GitHub Sponsors, a new way to financially support the developers who build the open source software. They list the features they like that GitHub Sponsors offers but think the beta roll-out could have been handled differently. A lot of critical software is dependent on open source software and many of these open source software libraries are maintained by unsupported developers. The panel uses border patrolling drones that are used to identify threats as an example to demonstrate how everyday life can suffer if open source sponsorship is geared only towards finished products rather than libraries like these.

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  • CacheFly

    • Panel

    • Richard Littauer

    • Jon Schlinkert

    • Eric Berry

    Episode Summary

    The panel discusses the announcement of the beta GitHub Sponsors, a new way to financially support the developers who build the open source software. They list the features they like that GitHub Sponsors offers but think the beta roll-out could have been handled differently. A lot of critical software is dependent on open source software and many of these open source software libraries are maintained by unsupported developers. The panel uses border patrolling drones that are used to identify threats as an example to demonstrate how everyday life can suffer if open source sponsorship is geared only towards finished products rather than libraries like these.

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    Jon Schlinkert:

    Eric Berry:

    Richard Littauer:

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