"The Synthetic Senior" — my #FOSDEM talk on AI + open source mentorship The 3 C's for finding contributors worth investing in: 💡 Comprehension ⚙️ Context 🔄 Continuity Slides: docs.google.com/presentation...

Catch me at FOSDEM in just over an hour in the Community Devroom! Excited to share some thoughts on FOSS mentorship in the age of AI. We're in UB5.230 -- learn from my mistakes & go through the U courtyard to get in fosdem.org/2026/schedul...

Looking for examples: do you know any OSS projects that have thoughtfully updated their contribution process for AI-assisted PRs? Interested in: * PR templates asking for intent/reasoning * Comprehension checks * Other friction-adding methods Would love to learn from communities experimenting here

One of my favorite parts of FOSDEM is catching up with maintainers 💜 This year we're adding a Monday morning unconference for maintainers. You bring the topics. Joining us? Request a spot: 🍕 Sunday Night Social: gh.io/fosdem-2026 ☕ Monday Unconference: gh.io/fosdem-2026-...

Building for what lasts. At work, in community, and at home. My 2025 year in review → medium.com/@abbycabs/ab...

She wrote a patent about TIME TRAVEL but still keeps developers grounded in reality 🕰️ @angiejones.tech on balancing visionary thinking w/ practical AI: "Everyone wants to be a visionary, but developers are exhausted by the hype." gh.io/podcast

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That feeling when the Octoverse report (featuring your interview!) drops during Universe week and you're too heads-down to share it🤦‍♀️ Finally watched myself talk about 36M new developers joining GitHub this year. 🧵

Why fun, accessibility, and collaboration are essential to developer learning ➡️ @github.com podcast episode with @cassidoo.co, @jason.energy, @abbycabs.dev, and Andrea youtu.be/YnqJOJ9FzvE?...

AI is full of opportunity — but “AI slop” is real for open source maintainers. In our chat with @vertedin.de (Electron), I loved this: use these moments to teach contributors — but never at the cost of maintainers’ time or energy. Open source is as much about people as code. 🎧 gh.io/podcast

My Demo Time #ZeroToMergedContest story! I’m a one-person dev team… but with @github Copilot, Spark, and Actions, it feels like I’ve got a whole team behind me. 👉 Watch how I built Demo Time, a VS Code extension that makes live coding stress-free #GitHub #VSCode #DevTools

I submitted this earlier today on behalf of the team at projectbluefin.io. #ZeroToMergedContest www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEJ5...

My "Habit Sync for @todoist.com" app is about to get a significant update, so here are some "behind the scenes" of what it took. - 9 major version upgrades of #ReactNative - Writing my own component library - Translating #Java to #Kotlin @github.com #ZeroToMergedContest

My entry for #ZeroToMergedContest, which is about www.nuget.org/packages/Owa...

ever wonder about the story of nuxtbot, the helpful @github.com actions bot that reopens closed issues, asks for reproductions, and spots regressions? #ZeroToMergedContest

I've recently took the time to read a blog post by @abbycabs.dev about who will maintain the future of open source (github.blog/open-source...) 1/🧵

This is it! #ZeroToMergedContest closes TODAY We know maintainers are doing incredible things with GitHub tools. Show us how GitHub helped you shorten the path from idea → impact. 2-min video, real stories, huge opportunity. Submit by end of day (anywhere on earth)! 🌍 →

I'm helping run #ZeroToMergedContest bc maintainer stories need to be heard. Every day you're navigating the impossible - shipping at speed while maintaining excellence. I'll be watching every video! This could land you on the Universe keynote stage. 👉 gh.io/zerotomerged

Remember my Gen Z open source talk at #OSSummit? We published it on the @github blog because y'all haven't stopped talking about it since June 💭 Maintainers under 26 dropped from 25% to 10% since 2021. Meanwhile Gen Z is learning to code on YouTube and running Discord communities... 🧵

MCP? OMG! 🤯 Episode 1 of the GitHub Podcast is here, and we’re talking Model Context Protocol — the open standard that can help keep AI tools from hallucinating (in my use case!) and make them genuinely useful for developers. 🎧 Listen now: gh.io/podcast

Q: What do CSS Zero, anime.js, and Docs have in common? A: They’re all open source projects our hosts are excited about. Join @cassidoo.co, @abbycabs.dev, and @itsthatladydev.bsky.social as they dive into the stories, trends, and culture shaping open source in the GitHub Podcast. gh.io/podcast

🎧 Episode 0 of the GitHub Podcast is live! Three open source nerds, one mic, and wild stories (like hackathons at 30,000 feet). Co-hosting with @cassidoo.co, @itsthatladydev.bsky.social, and @alacolombiadev.bsky.social — subscribe and join us for the ride. ➡️ gh.io/podcast

The graying of open source is real—but it’s not inevitable. We can support the next generation of maintainers by shifting how we lead, teach, & invite My #OSSummit talk is now live on YouTube: 📹 youtu.be/LjP0zpLLvPQ Slides (with full speaker notes + references): 📎 docs.google.com/presentation...

“If you invite someone to your project they are 4x more likely to contribute” - @abbycabs.dev at Open Source Summit

Just gave my #OSSummit talk: Who Will Maintain the Future? Grateful for the energy, honesty & deep convo on engaging Gen Z(ed?) in open source 💬 Slides (light on text, rich in notes/stats/refs): 📎 docs.google.com/presentation...

Open source is aging—and the next generation is already here. Join me at #OSSummit as I explore how Gen Z will help maintain the future (and what we need to do to support them). 📅 June 23 | 11:20am 📍 Bluebird Ballroom 3C 🔗 sched.co/1zffS

🧓 + 🔥 = the current vibe in open source. I’m speaking at #OSSummit North America on Monday about the burnout, leadership gaps, and what we can actually do to support maintainers and keep OSS thriving. 🕚 11:20am MT 📍 Bluebird Ballroom 3C 🔗 sched.co/1zffS Catch me before I head out that afternoon ✌️

Maintainer Month isn't just about celebration—it's about real support. 💙 Thank you to amazing partners like @devcyclehq.bsky.social and @arachnedigital.bsky.social for stepping up with resources and opportunities for maintainers! Check out their offers here. ⬇️

5 years of #MaintainerMonth 🎉 From Times Square to tiny commits, folks everywhere are showing up for open source maintainers. Huge thanks to @feynudibranch.bsky.social + all our amazing partners 💖 Highlights via @thenewstack.io : thenewstack.io/how-the-worl...

My 4-year-old’s sticker game: ✨ Cheap stickers: peel off like magic 🧱 @github.com stickers: professionally installed permanent artwork Guess which ones are still proudly upside down on our door?

I wrote a blog post for #MaintainerMonth! Big thank you to @abbycabs.dev and @github.com for the opportunity to partner and help secure the open source ecosystem.

Kicking off our 2025 Maintainer Month series, Dirkjan Ochtman (dirkjan.ochtman.nl) joins Richard (@richlitt.bsky.social) to talk Rust (github.com/rustls/rustls) maintenance, open source funding, and sustaining projects without burning out. Listen at 🎙️ podcast.sustainoss.org/268

This #MaintainerMonth, we want to know: Who’s your favorite maintainer? 👀 Tag them in the comments ⬇️

For this year's #MaintainerMonth, we’ve put together helpful resources, events, and goodies designed for maintainers like you. ✨ 20+ events and streams to join 🛡️ A special Security Challenge (with a reward!) 🎁 The new maintainer Partner Pack (full of discounts and freebies!) Find out more 👇

👏 Many thanks to @github.com for organizing #MaintainerMonth and celebrating the incredible work of open-source maintainers! At @mockoon.com we’re really proud to participate and support the community by offering free Mockoon Cloud accounts to open-source projects. #OpenSource #MaintainerMonth

Heyyyy it's #MaintainerMonth! ✨ Some Nice Things ✨ - Events & livestreams at maintainermonth.github.com - Discounts & freebies at ⬆️ - Maintainer community at maintainers.github.com Share! Let us know what else you'd like to see! Let maintainers know you appreciate their suffering!

May is Maintainer Month! If you’ve ever relied on open source (spoiler: you have), now’s the time to show some love to the folks who keep it running. @feynudibranch.bsky.social & I shared what’s coming—events, perks, and a security challenge: github.blog/open-source/... 💜 #MaintainerMonth

We are excited to be partnering with GitHub for #MaintainerMonth! Check out the partner pack for free stuff from amazing companies, including us! We're giving away cyber threat intelligence reports to help maintainers secure their projects and organisations! Thank you @github.com @abbycabs.dev !

Thank you to @mockoon.com @devcyclehq.bsky.social @cncf.io @openjs.bsky.social @jsconf.bsky.social @linuxfoundation.org @websummit.bsky.social @sentry.io Boot.dev, Arachne, and TODO Group! Love seeing your support of open source maintainers for #maintainermonth 💖 💖 💖

DevCycle is excited to support @github.com’s #MaintainerMonth with an offer of 1 year of DevCycle Developer for free to say thank you to all open source maintainers. Claim our deal and others at: maintainermonth.github.com/partner-pack

Happy #MaintainerMonth! 🎉 To celebrate, we've launched a special Partner Pack filled with exclusive discounts, freebies, and perks. 🎁 See what's inside! 👇 maintainermonth.github.com/partner-pack

Maintainers give so much, ask so little. The new Partner Pack is a small thank-you — with tools, training & perks made just for you. maintainermonth.github.com/partner-pack #MaintainerMonth

Survived the FOSDEM flu, only to be taken down by the preschooler flu. Open source is tough, but daycare germs are tougher. 😷

I also checked my emails and had a lovely @sustainoss.bsky.social Sustain Together call with the excellent peeps Serakn Holat and @abbycabs.dev. And I may have some fun news about editing a journal to announce soon! Gonna be a good day!

Finally in the Uber home after an open source whirlwind! 🚀 Grateful for so many great convos at the EU Open Source Policy Summit, #FOSDEM & #SOOCon25! Brain full, heart full, inbox… also full. 😅 If we met & I forgot to connect, reach out—I’d love to keep the convo going!

Good morning State of Open Con! Come say hi and grab a sticker or 5 👋 Do you think we have enough stickers?? #soocon25 #stateofopencon

Posted up with @abbycabs.dev watching the Benjamin Nickolls and @andrewnez.bsky.social show. 😂

☕ Got your coffee? Good. Now get yourself to the Open Research devroom at 11:20 AM for a chat about #JOSSCast, open source, and what happens when researchers start podcasting. It’s going to be fun and we might even share some behind-the-scenes moments. Come hang out! 🎤🎧 #FOSDEM #OpenScience

🚀 JOSSCast is coming to FOSDEM! 🎙️ Join @arfon.bsky.social & me Saturday at 11:20 AM in Open Research devroom as we share lessons on podcasting, open source & giving researchers a voice. Come for the insights, stay for the behind-the-scenes stories (ever recorded a podcast during baby naps?!).

🚀 Off to Europe for an open source marathon! Catch me at: 📍 EU Open Source Policy Summit (Brussels, Jan 31) 📍 FOSDEM (Brussels, Feb 1-2) 🚄 Eurostar to London (Feb 3) 📍 State of Open Con (London, Feb 4-5) Three open source events back-to-back—send coffee! ☕️ Let’s chat if you’re around. DMs open!