Damián Vicino
Special guest
Damian Vicino is a Senior Open Source Specialist at Datadog’s OSPO and an Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University. He began contributing to open source in the early 2000s, leading a local BSD user group and collaborating with a team on five BSDday Argentina events. He has served as a code and testing contributor, conference speaker, and open source advocate within the companies he’s worked for, as well as a mentor to GSOC students and helper at FLISOL events.
Damián Vicino has been a guest on 1 episode.
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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!