Andrew Nesbitt
Special guest
Andrew Nesbitt is an open source developer and package manager nerd focused on ecosystems, sustainability, and funding. He’s the creator of Ecosyste.ms and works on understanding how open source projects are maintained, funded, and secured.
https://github.com/andrew
https://mastodon.social/@andrewnez
Andrew Nesbitt has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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Episode 119: Guest Episode - Sustain asks how Ecosyste.ms maps open source dependencies
18 September 2025 | 45 mins 44 secs
In this episode of CHAOSScast, we have a special episode from our friends at Sustain. Host Richard Littauer from Sustain is joined by guests Ben Nickolls and Andrew Nesbitt to discuss the ecosyste.ms project. They explore how ecosyste.ms collects and analyzes metadata from various open-source projects to create a comprehensive database that can help improve funding allocation. The discussion covers the importance of funding the most critical open-source projects, the existing gaps in funding, and the partnership between ecosyste.ms and Open Source Collective to create funding algorithms that support entire ecosystems. They also talk about the challenges of maintaining data, reaching out to project maintainers, and the broader implications for the open-source community. Hit the download button now!
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Episode 115: Trends from UN OSS Week and OSSNA
24 July 2025 | 1 hr 12 mins
In this double-length CHAOSScast special episode, hosts Harmony Elendu and George Link along with panelists from the CHAOSS community, come together to reflect on their experiences at two major open source events: CHAOSScon North America (co-located with the Open Source Summit) and the United Nations Open Source Week in New York. The episode is packed with personal insights, highlighted key talks, software updates, themes from the events, memorable community interactions, and thoughtful conversations about the future of open source, digital sovereignty, and sustainability. Press download now!