This podcast takes an honest and unvarnished look at the reality of contributing to open source software projects. Too often, the open source community can paint an idealized picture of seamless collaboration and frictionless progress. But the truth is, working on OSS projects can be challenging, messy, and at times, downright frustrating. From conflicting opinions and coding philosophies to project politics and ownership disputes, there are many potential pitfalls. That's why this podcast gives voice to the personal experiences of actual open source contributors and influencers. They'll share the unfiltered ups and downs they've faced working on real projects. You'll hear war stories of coding battles, community dramas, and those weekly agonizing pull request reviews. But it's not all horror stories! You'll also learn valuable lessons about persevering through challenges, building consensus, and ultimately creating robust open source software that delivers value. Guests will provide insights into cultivating positive OSS communities and effective collaboration processes. So whether you're a veteran open source participant or just getting started, this podcast will prepare you for the gritty realities and help you navigate the unusual situations that so often arise. Join us as we embrace the awkward, frustrating, and yes, even "gross" side of open source software development. It's a journey that every contributor needs to understand.
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This podcast takes an honest and unvarnished look at the reality of contributing to open source software projects. Too often, the open source community can paint an idealized picture of seamless collaboration and frictionless progress. But the truth is, working on OSS projects can be challenging, messy, and at times, downright frustrating. From conflicting opinions and coding philosophies to project politics and ownership disputes, there are many potential pitfalls. That's why this podcast gives voice to the personal experiences of actual open source contributors and influencers. They'll share the unfiltered ups and downs they've faced working on real projects. You'll hear war stories of coding battles, community dramas, and those weekly agonizing pull request reviews. But it's not all horror stories! You'll also learn valuable lessons about persevering through challenges, building consensus, and ultimately creating robust open source software that delivers value. Guests will provide insights into cultivating positive OSS communities and effective collaboration processes. So whether you're a veteran open source participant or just getting started, this podcast will prepare you for the gritty realities and help you navigate the unusual situations that so often arise. Join us as we embrace the awkward, frustrating, and yes, even "gross" side of open source software development. It's a journey that every contributor needs to understand.
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Recent Episodes
June 19, 2026
The Rust Foundation with Lori Lorusso and David Wood
<p>Lori Lorusso, Director of Outreach at the Rust Foundation, and David Wood, a Rust Project Director and engineer at ARM, join host Jay Faulkner to talk about what the Rust Foundation actually does behind the scenes — funding infrastructure, employing security engineers, and running a maintainer funding program for contributors who aren't backed by a sponsoring company.</p> <p>The conversation covers Rust's path from a Mozilla research project to safety-critical infrastructure in operating systems, browsers, and even vehicles, plus a deep dive into why a single compiler feature (the standard library rebuild, or "build-std") took 11 years and a major communication breakdown within the project to finally ship. Lori and David also share two candid "gross moments": a non-technical presenter's conference talk gone sideways, and the long, frustrating road to getting a stalled feature back on track.</p> <p>This episode is for developers, maintainers, and engineers who work with Rust (or are deciding whether to) and want to understand the people and politics behind the language, not just the syntax.</p> <p>The Rust Foundation - <a href="https://rustfoundation.org/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://rustfoundation.org/</a> <br> Rust Project Goals - <a href="https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2026/build-std.html" rel="nofollow noopener">https://rust-lang.github.io/rust-project-goals/2026/build-std.html</a> <br> ARM - <a href="https://www.arm.com/" rel="nofollow noopener">https://www.arm.com/</a></p> <p>G-Research is hiring in Dallas, TX and London, UK! Apply at <a href="https://gresearch.com/vacancies" rel="nofollow noopener">https://gresearch.com/vacancies</a>.</p> <p>For a video version of this podcast, check out <a href="https://youtu.be/GCSn4kjSRRo" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/GCSn4kjSRRo</a>.</p> <p>The GR-OSS OUT Podcast is produced by Ben Wiley.</p>
May 28, 2026
Open Source Leadership with Vicky Brasseur
<p>You can't fire a volunteer. So how do you lead one? Vicky Brasseur — author, OSS strategist, and "open source minister without portfolio" — joins Jay Faulkner on the GROSS Out Podcast to discuss wielding influence without authority: ethical manipulation, director-ready business cases, and the succession planning most projects ignore until it's too late. Plus, Vicky's unflinching take on how the LLM boom is damaging open source — flooding maintainers with low-quality PRs, gutting mentorship, and burning resources without accountability. No fluff. Just the long game.</p> <p>G-Research is hiring in Dallas, TX and London, UK! Apply at <a href="https://gresearch.com/vacancies" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://gresearch.com/vacancies</a>.</p> <p>For a video version of this podcast, check out <a href="https://youtu.be/CEp-I7st02A" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">https://youtu.be/CEp-I7st02A</a>.</p> <p>The GR-OSS OUT Podcast is produced by Ben Wiley.</p>
May 14, 2026
What Open Source Actually Requires with Jay Faulkner
<p>For our two-year anniversary, Tabitha DiDomenico turns the mic around and puts GROSS Out Podcast founder Jay Faulkner in the hot seat.</p> <p>Jay is a self-taught technologist who never wanted computers as a career — and ended up shaping infrastructure that runs the world as Ironic's project lead and a decade-long OpenStack contributor. In this conversation, he's honest about how that happened, what it actually looks like from the inside, and what he'd tell anyone trying to find their footing in open source.<br> In this episode:</p> <ul> <li>Why people skills matter more than code in open source communities</li> <li>How to give feedback people can actually trust — and why toxic positivity damages projects</li> <li>What maintainership really looks like versus open source leadership</li> <li>The moment he walked away from a job over an ethical line he wasn't willing to cross</li> <li>Why Gentoo might be the best learning environment for a young Linux developer right now</li> <li>The one piece of career advice almost nobody in tech actually follows</li> </ul> <p>Links and references:</p> <p>Ironic Project: <a href="https://ironicbaremetal.org" rel="nofollow">https://ironicbaremetal.org</a><br> OpenStack: <a href="https://www.openstack.org" rel="nofollow">https://www.openstack.org</a><br> Gentoo Linux: <a href="https://www.gentoo.org" rel="nofollow">https://www.gentoo.org</a><br> G-Research Open Source: <a href="https://www.gresearch.com/open-source" rel="nofollow">https://www.gresearch.com/open-source</a></p> <p>G-Research is hiring in Dallas, TX and London, UK! Apply at <a href="https://gresearch.com/vacancies" rel="nofollow">https://gresearch.com/vacancies</a>.</p> <p>For a video version of this podcast, check out <a href="https://youtu.be/XA7OmoxBTfc" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/XA7OmoxBTfc</a>.</p> <p>The GR-OSS OUT Podcast is produced by Ben Wiley.</p><p>Special Guest: Jay Faulkner.</p>
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