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Building 2 Iconic OSSs Back-to-Back | Maxime Beauchemin (Airflow, Preset)
Episode 38

Building 2 Iconic OSSs Back-to-Back | Maxime Beauchemin (Airflow, Preset)

Software Misadventures

May 21, 202458m 55s

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Show Notes

If you've worked on data problems, you probably have heard of Airflow and Superset, two powerful tools that have cemented their place in the data ecosystem. Building successful open-source software is no easy feat, and even fewer engineers have done this back to back. In part 2 of the conversation, we talk about Max's journey in open source.

Segments:

(00:03:27) "Project-Community Fit" in Open Source (00:08:31) Fostering Relationships in Open Source (00:10:58) Dealing with Trolls (00:13:40) Attributes of Good Open Source Contributors (00:20:01) How to Get Started with Contributing (00:27:58) Origin Stories of Airflow and Superset (00:33:27) Biggest Surprise since Founding a VC-backed Company? (00:38:47) Picking What to Work On (00:41:46) Advice to Engineers for Building the Next Airflow/Superset? (00:42:35) The 2 New Open Source Projects that Max is Starting (00:52:10) Challenges of Being a Founder (00:57:38) Open Sourcing Ideas

Show Notes:

Part 1 of our conversation: https://softwaremisadventures.com/p/maxime-beauchemin-llm-ready Max on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximebeauchemin/ SQL All Stars: https://github.com/preset-io/allstars Governator: https://github.com/mistercrunch/governator

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