I recently discussed Pachli, the Fediverse, Open Source software development, and other topics on two podcasts, Fireside Fedi and TuxJam.
Fireside Fedi #
Fireside Fedi hosted by ozoned (@ozoned@social.ozoned.net) is a relaxed discussion format with video and audio, talking with creators of all kind (not necessarily technology focused).
Subscribe in your podcast client with this RSS feed: https://audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefedi/feed.xml.
You can watch the video for episode 18 below, watch the video on firesidefedi.live or listen to the audio on firesidefedi.live
We covered a lot, so here are some direct links to topics:
- 00:00 How we got here
- 21:00 When Google used to be cool / Orkut
- 24:00 Finding the Fediverse
- 25:10 Fediverse challenges / learning from the past
- 40:35 Open source stewardship / involvement with the Tusky project
- 44:30 Moving on from Tusky / specific things to do better when running Open Source projects
- 48:35 The Nivenly Foundation / grants
- 51:30 Stewardship / contribution philosophy
- 1:01:20 Decision making, telemetry, and taste
- 1:09:40 Regular release process, credits, how to treat user reports
- 1:13:30 “You are not your code”
- 1:20:55 How the Pachli logo came to be
- 1:28:20 Fediverse clients could do more to innovate / anti-harassment
- 1:35:40 Moderator training, payment, roles on a server
- 1:41:58 The quiz
Other recent guests on the show include:
- #27, Zoe Kooyman, Executive Director of the Free Software Foundation
- #25, MizKirsten!, creator theindiebeat.fm
- #22, Jerry, operator of infosec.exchange
- #21 Osa Atoe, punk potter
- #17, Neil Brown, Internet, telecoms, and tech lawyer
- #16, Cory Doctorow, author, journalist, activist
- #15, Laurens Hof, maintainer of the Fediverse Report
- #7 Andy Piper, Head of Comms, Mastodon GmbH
TuxJam #
The TuxJam podcast, with Kevie (@kevie@mastodon.me.uk), Andrew (@mcnalu@mastodon.me.uk), Dave (@thelovebug@mastodon.me.uk), and Al (@mralc@mastodon.me.uk) covers Linux distributions and open source software.
Subscribe in your podcast client with this RSS feed: https://tuxjam.otherside.network/feed/.
They gave a very positive review of Pachli in episode 114, and I joined them on episode 122 to talk about Open Source, Pachli, and other topics with Kevie and Dave.
The Pachli discussion starts at 19:54, but there’s a lot more in the show to enjoy.