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Emma Irwin

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Open Source Wishlist: Community Infrastructure for OSS Sustainability

Despite countless calls for open source sustainability, there's still no clear pathway for maintainers to express needs and receive help. In my personal time, I've built a working proposal for how this problem might be solved using a community-based approach. It's called Open

Building a bridge over hungry monsters for open source sustainability

Building a bridge over hungry monsters for open source sustainability

Launching next week: Open Source Wishlist Every open source security incident teaches us something new; but more often than not we are reminded of past lessons. Projects and maintainers need help, succession plans, modern security practices, trusted governance as well as moderation and funding strategies. Minimally. Despite years of experiments

New CHAOSS AI Alignment Working Group

I'm really interested in understanding how the work of CHAOSS (Community Health Analytics in Open Source Software) can be applied to the efforts around AI alignment/safety. AI alignment is the effort to design Artificial Intelligence systems so their goals, behaviors, and decisions are consistent with human values

What do YOU mean by open source AI?

What do YOU mean by open source AI?

How OSPOs can drive alignment around meaning for openness and AI Ana Jiménez Santamaría’s blog post How Open Source Program Offices Make OSS and AI Work did a great job of speaking to to the ways in which OSPOs can help organizations navigate AI risks. I also believe OSPOs

Can coding assistants make a TPMs life easier? 9 Hours of Misery and Hope

Can coding assistants make a TPMs life easier? 9 Hours of Misery and Hope

The Technical Program Manager role require a strong mix of business skills including: business analyst, software development, project and people managers. We hold a lot together, but also depend on engineers and designers to prototype and build solutions. This means we're often waiting for the time of those

Helping Employees Build the Case for Open Source Contribution

Helping Employees Build the Case for Open Source Contribution

The career benefits of open source contribution are well-established. The business value for companies is also well known. However, I have noticed a significant challenge over the years: employee at many technical companies (even those with brand identity tied to open technologies) struggle to secure leadership approval for their

The best time to create a moderation plan is before launching your OSS project. The second best time is now.

The best time to create a moderation plan is before launching your OSS project. The second best time is now.

Moderation is the heart of open source capability - the success of which drives critical outcomes for security, sustainability and innovation. The lack of which can cause significant harm to projects and people.

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