Brian Proffitt

Episode 82: The AI Conundrum: Implications for OSPOs

25 April 2024  |  39 mins 16 secs

In this episode of CHAOSScast, host Dawn Foster brings together Matt Germonprez, Brian Proffitt, and Ashley Wolf to discuss the implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) on Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs), including policy considerations, the potential for AI-driven contributions to create workload for maintainers, and the quality of contributions. They also touch on the use of AI internally within companies versus contributing back to the open source community, the importance of distinguishing between human and AI contributions, and the potential benefits and challenges AI introduces to open source project health and community metrics. The conversation strikes a balance between optimism for AI’s benefits and caution for its governance, leaving us to ponder the future of open source in an AI-integrated world.

Episode 42: Hidden Infrastructure: The Foundations of Open Source with Josh Simmons

27 August 2021  |  45 mins 30 secs

We are super excited to have as our guest, Josh Simmons, who is President of the Open Source Initiative and Ecosystem Strategy Lead at Tidelift. Today, we will be talking with Josh all about Open Source Foundations and the topic of “Hidden Infrastructure” which is very relevant to community health.

Episode 38: Co.Lab and Increasing Diversity in STEM with Ruth Suehle

2 July 2021  |  39 mins 11 secs

Hello and welcome to CHAOSScast Community podcast, where we share use cases and experiences with measuring and improving open source community health. Elevating conversations about metrics, analytics, and software from the Community Health Analytics Open Source Software, or short CHAOSS project to wherever you like to listen.

Today, our special guest is Ruth Suehle, Director of Community Outreach in Red Hat’s Open Source Program Office. Ruth is here to tell us all about Co.Lab, which is Red Hat and open source in action, started in 2017 as an outreach effort to middle school girls to increase their interest in STEM and to teach them the fundamental concepts of open source. She talks about some really cool projects they did, how it’s grown over the past four years, and the gaming and tech space gaming curriculum. Also, find out how you can get involved with Co.Lab as a volunteer. Download this episode now to find out much more! Don’t forget to subscribe for free to this podcast and share this podcast with your friends and colleagues.

Episode 26: SustainOSS and CHAOSS

15 January 2021  |  43 mins 33 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Today, our episode is a shared podcast between CHOASScast and Sustain. Along with Georg, Venia, and Brian, we have Richard Littauer and Pia Mancini from Sustain. We had the idea to do this special episode because there’s a lot of work happening on sustaining software and understanding the health of our community, and CHAOSS focuses on what open source development is, how it works, what communities are, and how you can find metrics to figure out how something is. So, we will learn about the metrics, the Diversity & Inclusion Badging Program, and the three areas that CHAOSS has to get involved in. Also, we learn about Sustain, how it started, what they do, and what Georg says works well for the Sustain community that brought him in. Also, find out where you can get involved in both the CHAOSS community and Sustain community. Download this episode now to find out more! Don’t forget to subscribe for free to this podcast and share this podcast with your friends and colleagues.

Episode 22: University OSPO Metrics with Stephen Jacobs

6 November 2020  |  41 mins 45 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! Our special guest today is Stephen Jacobs, Director of Open at Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) and Professor at School of Interactive Games and Media in Golisano College of Computing at RIT. Today, we are branching out the conversations into different areas of metrics. Stephen shares his background, how he got his start, and the work he is currently doing with the Open Source Academic Program at RIT. We will discuss challenges in metrics and the impact it has in open and software. Also, Stephen tells us about a community of professors called, Teaching Open Source, and what their goal is. Download this episode now to find out more! Don’t forget to share this podcast with your friends and colleagues.

Episode 7: Your Community Story with Jono Bacon

3 July 2020  |  50 mins 22 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! In today’s episode, we have special guest Jono Bacon, a community and collaboration strategy consultant, author, and speaker. He works with companies to help them build communities wrapped around a product or service or develop a platform that’s out in the open. Today, Jono shares with us things that have helped him in his career in community management and community strategies. Also, he discusses what worries him about data and where he sees open source community management moving forward. Also, find out why Jono said, “I want community to be something that makes the world a better place.” Download this episode now!

Episode 6: CNCF, DevStats, and TODO Group with Chris Aniszczyk

26 June 2020  |  51 mins 31 secs

Welcome to this episode of CHAOSScast! In today’s episode, we have special guest, Chris Aniszczyk, Chief Technology Officer at Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF) and co-founder of the TODO Group. Chris is here to talk about community health and this fastest growing Open Source foundation ever. We will learn how CNCF began their journey with metrics, the diversity and inclusion within CNCF, DevStats, and he tells us about what he does at TODO Group. And, if you are interested in starting an open source program office journey, download this episode to find out how and much more!