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 3 episodes.
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Episode 121: Package Metadata Working Group with Andrew Nesbitt and Damián Vicino
16 October 2025 | 41 mins 7 secs
In this episode of the CHAOSScast, host Alice Sowerby sits down with Andrew Nesbitt and Damián Vicino to discuss the formation and objectives of the new Package Metadata Working Group within the CHAOSS community. They discuss the complex issues surrounding package manager metadata, its interoperability challenges, and how the working group aims to address these through mapping and standardization efforts. They also touch upon the importance of these efforts for various stakeholders, including developers, researchers, and tool builders. The conversation highlights both the immediate and long-term goals of the group and provides information on how interested individuals can get involved. Hit download now to hear more!
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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!