Open Source for the long-haul
summary
Maintains a decade of Django ecosystem work (django-filter, crispy-forms, compressor, appconf, channels/Daphne/channels_redis) and ships a new utility Neapolitan CRUD views; describes the Django fellowship model (five-year funding example) that pays fellows to do triage, PR review, releases and security so Django can cut new releases roughly every eight months and survive 18 years. Recommends concrete practices: limit weekly time, automate CI/tests/formatters, publish bite‑sized contributor tasks, run workshops and offer contributor mentors.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 2:29Benefits of open source
- 6:54The community core
- 8:27Structural problems and burnout
- 13:54Corporate funding challenges
- 19:27Strategies for sustainability
- 24:09Building a healthy community
- 28:23Becoming an enabler
- 32:44Conclusion
- 34:34Q&A session
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