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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