My Open Source Experience Podcast

Industry segments, like automotive, often rely on specialized hardware and software stacks. As that is very expensive to keep up, most segments have a shift towards COTS HW and that is an opportunity to look into open source as well. In this segment of the My Open Source Experience podcast Philipp Ahmann talks about his experience with this generation change, that also involved using Linux. This s...

The open source ecosystem has many layers, components and actors and all these need to work together in harmony to keep the ecosystem thriving. The Season 3 finale episode reflects on some of these peices and explores how companies can improve their practices internally, while also touches on communication practices and building your skills in open source communities. Learn more from: - Ashan Sene...

Accessibility sometimes comes with a stigma, since it becomes a discussion topic when someone has a disability that prevents them to do something that they would like to, like accessing an admin interface because they're blind. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Mike Gifford talks about how he put accessibility on the map in the Drupal community, and through that for the inte...

We often have well-baked ideas about how we would like things to tunr out, which gets combined with beliefs that are being shaped by the environment we're in. Despite of human nature, we need to follow our intuition and revisit whether or not what we had learned in the past has reached the point where we would benefit from re-evaluating it. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast...

You've probably seen the meme with the tny project maintained by one person that holds up half the pyramid of all software products and services we use and connect to the world wide web. Curl is a project that is not much bigger than that, but has the same or even bigger impact. Used by billions of people and devices, but maintained by a small community. In this My Open Source Experience podcast e...

How much people crave being part of communities that they can realte to is often underrated, which is probably one of the reasons why people and companies don't invest time and resources into building a community around the code they open source. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience Podcast, a group of open source experts share their experiences and opinions on topics that affect the g...

For many people it's very challenging to jump the bar from being a silent user of open source software to reaching out to the community, even just to ask a question. And some, or maybe rather many, of these people will never get there to take that step, which could change their lives. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Engin Kayraklioglu talks about his first experience with...

Organizing events is not rocket science, but putting on successful events that are also sustainable is much harder than it seems. Some key practices apply to all types of events, but you also need to keep in mind what kind of conference you're organizing. Business events and community-focused conferences are more different than you might think. I recently talked to Rick Turoczy and learned that he...

Theoretically teams and individuals have everything to allow and encourage them within companies, and yet, the bigger a company gets the more tasks and work get duplicated leading to increasing costs. Collaboration between teams and departments is often more challenging than it needs to be, so it is not that surprising that these companies might have a harder time getting involved in the open sour...

The collaborative nature of open source is often overlooked by both individuals and companies ate first. Contrary to that, many projects and initiatives only succeed when they are developed in an open and collaborative environment. Think about successful, long-living programming languages as an example. In this My Open Source Experience podcast episode Ildiko is chatting with Brad Chamberlain abou...

Running events is not easy, even for companies and organizations who this as (part of) their business. If you think that maintaining open source events as a volunteer organizer in your free time is impossible, you're proven wrong! In the My Open Source Experience podcast episode, Ariel Jolo shares his experience how he got from helping his friends install Linux on their PCs and then becoming a sys...

We often talk about how tech and the open source ecosystem are both male-dominated environments. The numbers are bad, and while there's a lot that companies and communities can and should do, they can't fix everything. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Shuah Khan opens up about her childhood and upbringing to share where she got some of her drive, motivation and spirit to e...

The new year brings a semi-new My Open Source Experience Podcast. In this epside of the MOSE podcast, Ildiko kicks off with an announcement about the podcast. She then transitions into topics that outline upcoming episodes in the thrid season, and further highlights for the new year. Learn more about: - Upcoming open source events in 2026 - A retrospective on where the MOSE podcast started, and wh...

In this MOSE Short segment Jim Hall talks about his experience of introducing open source at every company where he worked. He also shares a story about starting to deploy Linux servers at one occasion, which outperformed the AIX systems that the company had at the time. They ended choosing Linux because it was the best technology for their use case on the market, with enterprise support and a ver...

Technology, just as everything else moves forward, and sometimes that means that a project gets superseeded by something else that is better, more performant and a more promising options long term. When your project reaches this phase, it still matters what process you choose to follow when you archive it, since abandoning it silently from one day to the other is harmful to everyone else who is st...

In this MOSE Short segment Emily, Ildiko and Phil talk about the improtance of being able to make an argument to succeed in both open source and corporate environments. The group also discusses how mentorship programs that help students participate in open source projects can be encouraging for them to stay and thrive in the tech industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more informatio...

Deciding to go all in on open source is often an enormous milestone in itself, however, it is just a small first step in the overall change process. Many companies have the buy-in on the engineering level, and some have it in the top management as well, but that is not enough! In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Wolfgang Gehring shares his journey through this transformation...

Both business language and standards can be very strict, especially when we are looking into practices of governments or highly regulated industries like automotive and telecommunications. On the contrary, open source is developed by diverse groups, where standards and regulations don't apply to all use cases, and is often valued for its flexibility. So, how do all these fit together? In this epis...

Technology provides a lot of opportunities and companies need to be flexible to grab them, but they aren't always ready. The telecommunications segment is an example where flexibility is not a given, historically. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, Ashan Senevirathne talks about his experience working for operators in the telecom segment. As operators are transforming their...

Open source is still often looked at as free software, as in no cost. Those who think this is the value of OSS, they usually use and integrate it in a more expensive way than they should. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Philipp Ahmann talks about his experience with open source in the automotive industry, which is very sensitive to development, innovation and maintenance c...

Open source in the corporate world is often counterintuitive, since the norms, practices and processes are very different, or at least they seem like. But it doesn't have to be that scary and complicated as it looks. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast, guests talk about their experience with making open source work within a company, to the extent of working upstream. Topics c...

In life, in industry and sometimes in open source, we keep re-inventing and re-implementing things. If all software development happened behind closed doors we didn't have any other choice but to do duplicative work and slow down innovation. In this episode of the My Open Source Experience podcast Stormy Peters shares how the desire to avoid wasteful practices in software development drove her to...

Open source can be intimidating, and sometimes hiding in plain sight. In the past decade the telecommunications industry has been going through their open source transformation journey, which is bumpy at times. This is an industry segment that is highly regulated and standardized, which can clash with the fast-paced and flexible nature of open source. In this My Open Source Experience podcast epis...

This is the kick-off episode of Season 3! The first episode of the season touches on a 5 important topic areas that are key to the open source ecosystem, one way or the other: events, AI, open source maintainers, Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) and open source in the public sector. Episode highlights: - Stephen Walli shares his experience and thoughts about the value of open source events - Ildikó high...

Good education is crucial, also, the earlier in your life you're expodsed to an experience the better the chance it quickly becomes a skill. Despite of how long open source has been around, it is still not integral part of education, tech, legal or other. Should this change? In this segment of the My Open Source Experience podcast Ria Farrell Schalnat talks about how she was teaching an adjutant c...