
What happens when a critical open source software (OSS) community faces losing many of its core maintainers? In this reprise episode, host Jay Faulkner talks with Alex Scammon, co-CEO of G-Research Open Source Software...


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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 i
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Signup to Generate a PitchThis 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.
GR-OSS OUT Podcast is hosted by G-Research Open Source Software. The show has published 28 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Sustaining Apache Arrow and Parquet: The Arctos Alliance with Alex Scammon" (20 October 2026, 49 minutes), "GitProxy and the MLH fellowship with Juan Escalada" (17 September 2026, 45 minutes), and "OpenStack Ironic and the MLH Fellowshipwith CID" (19 August 2026, 29 minutes).
GR-OSS OUT Podcast publishes roughly monthly, with episodes averaging 38 minutes across 28 episodes.
Booking probability for GR-OSS OUT Podcast is 31%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. GR-OSS OUT Podcast requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. GR-OSS OUT Podcast's contact route on record: verified email.
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G-Research Open Source Software hosts GR-OSS OUT Podcast, a technology podcast with 28 episodes published.
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What happens when a critical open source software (OSS) community faces losing many of its core maintainers? In this reprise episode, host Jay Faulkner talks with Alex Scammon, co-CEO of G-Research Open Source Software...

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In this episode of the GR-OSS Out Podcast, host Jay Faulkner talks with Juan Escalada, maintainer of GitProxy at G-Research Open Source Software, about a serious vulnerability in GitProxy that allowed a second branch...

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In this episode of the GROSS Out Podcast, host Tabitha DiDomenico talks with CID, a software engineer and maintainer on the OpenStack Ironic project at G-Research. CID explains what OpenStack Ironic does — provisioning...

Major Hayden — longtime Fedora packager and Red Hat engineer, formerly of Rackspace — joins host Jay Faulkner to talk about imposter syndrome in tech, and the framework he's used for over a decade to work through it...

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<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 —...

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<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...

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<p>For our two-year anniversary, Tabatha 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 —...

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<p>Nick Vidal, Community Manager at the Open Source Initiative (OSI), joins host Tabitha to discuss one of the hardest questions in open source right now: what does Open Source AI actually mean, and who gets to...

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<p>Tabitha sits down with Andrew Block, Distinguished Architect at Red Hat <br> and maintainer of Helm — the package manager powering Kubernetes <br> deployments worldwide — to talk about what it really took to ship...

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<p>Jay Faulkner sits down with Kevin Hannon (GitHub: kannon92), Kubernetes Contributor Award winner and maintainer of the JobSet project, to discuss the growing challenge of running AI and batch workloads on Kubernetes...

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<p>We sit down with Æva Black as she shares her journey from creating OpenStack Ironic to leading security policy at Microsoft and CISA. Discussion covers the economics of competing with hyperscalers, Europe's Cyber...

<p>In this episode of the G Research Open Source Software Outreach Podcast (GROSS OUT), host Jay Faulkner sits down with Dr. Dawn Foster, Director of Data Science at the CHAOSS Project and veteran open source...

<p>Alex Gaynor, long-time open source contributor and core developer of Django, PyPy, and Python's cryptography library, joins us to discuss the challenging transition from C to Rust in the Python ecosystem. We explore...

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<p>Tabitha Diaminico from G Research sits down with Stacey Potter, Manager of Community at the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), to explore what makes open source communities thrive. Stacey shares her unique...

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<p>In this episode of the G Research Open Source Software Outreach Podcast, host Jay Faulkner sits down with Priyanka "Pinky" Ravi, Platform Tech Advocate at G Research, to explore her unique path from full-stack...

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<p>In this episode of the G-Research Open Source Software Outreach Podcast, we sit down with Tim Boudreau, one of the early members of G-Research's open source initiative. Tim shares his unique perspective on...

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<p>In this episode of the G Research Open Source Software Outreach Podcast, host Jay Faulkner sits down with security researcher and engineer David Leadbeater. They dive into David’s journey from hacking on Linux as a...

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<p>Mark Burnett, Head of Technology Innovation at G-Research joins us to discuss the impact of open source on enterprise software, the value of being a loud open source customer, and finding open source already aligned...

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<p>Join us as we talk to Ben Wilson about Databricks. Learn about the journey of working in an OSS based business, look into the future of "AI", and learn about how a seasoned developer can have a "GR-OSS" moment and...

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<p>In this podcast, Jeremy and Clark talk to us about the open infrastructure stack that powers open infrastructure software! Learn why OpenDev exists, what it can be useful for, and how you can join the collaboratory...
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