CHAOSS Project
CHAOSScast
This CHAOSS Community podcast features members who spent considerable time and effort to understand open source community health and how we can measure it through metrics, analytics, and software. We invite guests to this podcast to talk about how they use open source community health metrics and software in their own open source communities, companies, or foundations. This podcast fills the gap with open source community metric definitions and software on one side and their use on the other side.
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Jul 2, 2026
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Episodes
Episode 33: Managing Portfolios of OSS Projects with Emil Wåreus 23.04.2021 43:18
Panelists Georg Link | Sophia Vargas | Armstrong Foundjem Guest Emil Wåreus Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:02:33] Emil tells us all about himself, what he does, and explains what software composition analysis is. [00:05:10] Sophia asks Emil for his perspective on open source health, measuring the quality of open source, and what it means for his customers and his platform. He mentions a great b...
Episode 32: SmartSHARK: Reproducible Project and Code Analysis with Steffen and Alexander 09.04.2021 36:16
Panelists Georg Link | Andrea Gallo | Sean Goggins Guests Steffen Herbold Alexander Trautsch Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:01:36] Steffen and Alexander introduce themselves and tell us what they do. [00:02:29] We learn what SmartSHARK is. [00:04:39] Alexander tells us where to begin if you want to learn about a repository using SmartSHARK. [00:09:30] Sean talks about a similar project he’s wor...
Episode 31: Marketing Metrics for OSS Foundations and Projects with Aniqa, Caroline, Kristi, and Paul from GNOME and KDE 26.03.2021 37:15
Panelists Georg Link | Sri Ramkrishna | Neofytos “Neo” Kolokotronis Guests Aniqa Khokhar Caroline Henriksen Kristi Progri Paul Brown Show Notes [00:03:04] The four guests introduce themselves and tell us what community they are with. [00:05:23] Paul and Caroline share with us goals they have when they are doing their jobs for these GNOME and KDE communities. [00:06:37] Paul and Aniqa tells us what...
Episode 30: Databases, Privacy, and Licenses with Matt Yonkovit 12.03.2021 48:14
Panelists Georg Link | Don Marti | Venia Logan Guest Matt Yonkovit Quotes [00:31:22] “We didn’t open source it to get help from the community, to make the product bigger. We open sourced as a freemium strategy; to drive adoption,” quote by MongoDB CEO. [00:37:32] “And I think that hurts the overall willingness for a lot of companies to invest heavily in community because community is a long tail a...
Episode 29: Supporting Teams to Make Data-Driven Decisions with Stefka Dimitrova and Ivana Atanasova 26.02.2021 44:27
Panelists Kate Stewart | Matt Germonprez | Georg Link Guests Stefka Dimitrova Ivana Atanasova Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:02:17] Stefka and Ivana tell us about themselves and what they do at VMware. [00:04:01] We learn more about what Stefka and Ivana talked about at the presentation at the OSS Europe 2020 with the metrics, why they did the analytics on open source communities, and what goal...
Episode 28: Human-Centric Operations and Metrics with Sophia Vargas 12.02.2021 41:41
Panelists Georg Link | Dawn Foster | Daniel Izquierdo Guest Sophia Vargas Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:02:12] Sophia tells us about what she does at Google and her journey to getting where she is right now. [00:06:15] We learn what Sophia does within the Open Source Programs Office. [00:08:33] Dawn asks Sophia how she looks at the life cycle of these open source projects in aggregate because...
Episode 27: GSOD with Xiaoya & Jaskirat 29.01.2021 37:25
Panelists Georg Link | Matt Snell | Aastha Bist Guests Xiaoya Xia Jaskirat Singh Sponsor SustainOSS Show notes [00:02:15] Xiaoya introduces herself, how she came to CHAOSS, what it was like to apply to the Google Season of Docs, and why she chose this project. [00:04:26] Matt and Aastha tell us what the Diversity & Inclusion Badging Program is about and what the status was before Xiaoya starte...
Episode 26: SustainOSS and CHAOSS 15.01.2021 43:33
Panelists Georg Link | Venia Logan | Brian Proffitt | Richard Littauer | Pia Mancini Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:03:54] Richard wants to know if metrics lose some of the qualitative aspects of communities and of projects by trying to find quantitative things and how are they not stripping away what really is the heart of open source. [00:09:20] Pia wonders what are the most important qualita...
Episode 25: GSOC: GitLab Data with Abhinav 18.12.2020 22:29
Show Notes [00:01:34] Abhinav gives us an introduction of himself and what he did at Google Summer of Code 2020. He tells us what it was like applying to the program, his experience throughout the process, discovering CHAOSS, and deciding on this project. [00:03:31] Abhinav talks about working with Gitlab Data and the new feature he developed. Sean explains the merge request and the work Abhinav d...
Episode 24: Starting a Metrics Company with Luis Cañas-Díaz 04.12.2020 33:19
Panelists Georg Link | Andrea Gallo Guest Luis Cañas-Díaz Sponsor SustainOSS Show Notes [00:02:20] Luis tells us all about himself, what he’s doing now, and how things evolved for him to get to this point. [00:06:25] Andrea wonders when Luis started the company if he followed those kind of management books of starting the company for dummies where first you need a mission or vision. [00:08:20] And...
Episode 23: GSOC & Outreachy: D&I Efforts - Aastha and Tola 20.11.2020 50:45
Panelists Venia Logan | Matt Snell | Saleh Abdel Motaal Guests Aastha Bist Tola Ore-Aruwaji Shownotes [00:03:04] Aastha and Tola introduce themselves and talk about their projects. [00:05:21] Aastha and Tola tells us about their coding backgrounds and what interested them in their specific projects. [00:07:35] Aastha talks about the initial idea of her project and how it affects the CHAOSS metrics...
Episode 22: University OSPO Metrics with Stephen Jacobs 06.11.2020 41:45
Panelists Georg Link | Brian Proffitt | Matt Germonprez Guest Stephen Jacobs Show Notes [00:03:18] Stephen tells us his background and how he got his start. [00:08:00] From his early experiences with One Laptop per Child, Stephen tells us some things that are still relevant today with the work he’s doing around open source and the connection between where he started and where he’s at today. [00:10...
Episode 21: GSOC Pt. 2: Extending GrimoireLab projects with Ria and Venu 23.10.2020 35:42
Panelists Venia Logan | Dylan Marcy Guests Ria Gupta | Venu Vardhan Reddy Tekula Show Notes [00:02:35] Ria and Venu introduce themselves and tell us how they got into CHAOSS. [00:04:34] Ria and Venu share with us how they found their projects and what is was like applying for Google Summer of Code. [00:07:27] Venu tells us all about what his project was in the Google Summer of Code. [00:08:50] Ria...
Episode 20: CHAOSS + FINOS: Lessons Learned with Rob Underwood 09.10.2020 55:17
Panelists Venia Logan Guest Rob Underwood Show Notes [00:01:10] Rob tells us about himself, his career, and what he does at FINOS. [00:03:34] Rob talks about the culture and the environment that he built this tool in FINOS. [00:12:38] Rob tells us about being blessed in his career with some great mentors, and he shares a story about one. [00:16:34] We learn from Rob about the “tool” which is their...
Episode 19: GSOC: Anomaly Detection with Pratik, Akshara, Sarit, and Tianyi 25.09.2020 49:23
Panelists Georg Link | Sean Goggins Guests Pratik Mishra Akshara P Sarit Adhikari Tianyi Show Notes [00:04:02] Sean tells us how he was a mentor to all these students and what they all did. [00:05:39] Each student will discuss their project, the machine learning they used, and the outcome they were able to generate. Pratik shares his project first, and Georg asks if he can just plug in any metrics...
Episode 18: DevRel Metrics with Mary Thengvall 18.09.2020 40:08
Panelists Matt Broberg | Nicole Huesman | Foundjem Armstrong Guests Mary Thengvall Show Notes [00:01:48] Mary tells us all about herself and her job. [00:03:05] We find out from Mary what DevRel is. [00:05:20] Nicole asks Mary to talk the DevRel position being such a unique position and often people may want to apply traditional marketing metrics to the role and sometimes that doesn’t really work,...
Episode 17: Growing as a Community Manager through Metrics with Antonio Nardella 11.09.2020 47:23
Show Notes [00:02:42] Antonio tells us how he got to IOTA and what his journey was like. [00:04:54] We learn about a contest Antonio won and how important it was getting the job as Community Manager at IOTA. He also tells us what skills you need to make money. [00:10:47] Sean asks Antonio how he approaches his role as a Community Manager in that context since it’s so diverse. [00:13:17] Daniel wan...
Episode 16: Role Diversity with Silona Bonewald 04.09.2020 42:27
Panelists Georg Link | Armstrong Foundjem Guest Silona Bonewald Show Notes [00:01:52] Silona tells us about herself and her background. [00:03:21] Silona discusses being a big believer of “Gang of Four Patterns.” [00:05:38] Georg asks Silona how she thinks about measuring all these different parts of the community. She tells us one of the biggest compliments she got from someone at PayPal. [00:10:...
Episode 15: OSPO Metrics with Stormy Peters 28.08.2020 48:54
Panelists Matt Broberg | Daniel Izquierdo | Armstrong Foundjem Guest Stormy Peters Show Notes [00:02:46] Stormy tells us what is an OSPO providing a company. She also tells us what kind of skills you need to be in an OSPO. [00:05:43] Matt asks Stormy if there are certain organizations that she’s noticed or has there been a pattern of adoption of OSPO’s as a part of the org chart. She also talks ab...
Episode 14: The Theory and Future of Measurement with Chris Mercer 21.08.2020 54:49
Panelists Venia | Don | Matt Germonprez Guest Chris Mercer Show Notes [00:02:25] Mercer tells us what exactly MeasurementMarketing is. [00:04:47] Matt asks Mercer how he filters through all of the digital data that’s available to us to make sure that this is somehow meaningful as a great tool. [00:08:09] Don brings up Facebook’s instructions on digital marketing 101 and wants to know if that’s a t...
Episode 13: Internews OSS Lightweight Needs Assessment Toolkit with Gina Helfrich 14.08.2020 48:58
Panelists Georg Link | Dawn Foster | Andrea Gallo Guest Gina Helfrich Show Notes [00:02:28] Gina tells us about herself, what she does, and how she got into this “space” and the opportunity that came up at Internews to manage the BASICS project. [00:06:10] Dawn asks Gina if she has any suggestions for people who are analyzing data, especially in vulnerable populations. [00:09:43] Andrea wants to k...
Episode 12: How Social Marketing Interfaces with Community with Michelle Dalton 07.08.2020 45:20
Panelists Venia Logan | Foundjem Armstrong | Nicole Huesman Guest Michelle Dalton Show Notes [00:01:21] Michelle gives us her background and fills us in on her journey into community management. [00:04:30] Digital marketer and where the engaged group sets in its strategic plan is discussed, as well as how big the digital engaged community is. [00:07:44] Michelle talks about what her job looked lik...
Episode 11: Diversity & Inclusion with Emma Irwin 31.07.2020 46:01
Panelists Venia Logan | Don Marti | Georg Link Guest Emma Irwin Sponsor Linode Show Notes [00:03:02] Emma tells us all about herself, her work at Mozilla, and what her journey was like. [00:07:07] Georg brings up the CHAOSS Diversity Inclusion Badging Project that Emma talks about. [00:10:02] Venia is curious to know from Emma what badges are available and what level of degree are people going to...
Episode 10: Managing Risks and Opportunities in Open Source with Frank Nagle & David A. Wheeler 24.07.2020 48:40
Panelists Kate Stewart | Sean Goggins | Georg Link Guest Frank Nagle David A. Wheeler Sponsor Linode Show Notes [00:02:40] We start off on the topic of looking at metrics that are useful for identifying what’s going on in a Software Configuration Management system. David tells us what it is and if there’s a difference between building software and deploying it. Also, figuring out which components...
Episode 9: In Defense of Vanity Metrics 17.07.2020 39:11
Panelists Venia Logan | Matt Broberg Sponsor Linode Show Notes [00:02:23] Matt and Venia explain what a Vanity Metric is. [00:06:41] Matt wants to know what is the opposite of a Vanity Metric? [00:10:46] Matt and Venia talk about how having a community strategy is so essential to understanding why we are using metrics. [00:12:27] Matt brings up being in the hot seat of being Community Manager and...
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