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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