Andrew Nesbitt

@andrewnez@mastodon.social · Joined ⁨Apr⁩ ⁨2017⁩

Package Management Nerd, working on mapping the world of open source software ecosyste.ms and blogging about package managers at nesbitt.io

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Emma Irwin@sunnydeveloper@mastodon.social

Slides from our #FOSSY Talk:

"AI depends on #OpenSource to function, both as a technical dependency and as a source of data. Model builders who consume the output of our labour MUST also be aligned with the values, norms and governance of those communities. Our hypothesis, being that AI builders who prioritize alignment with open source communities will have an advantage built through trust."

sunnydeveloper.com/ai-alignmen

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Emma's open notesAI Alignment Metrics for Open Source CommunitiesHere is a link to a PDF of our FOSSY Talk of this title. We focused on metric models as a mechanisms for open source communities to influence AI Alignment through community governance and feedback. To move from reactiveness to directing and influencing this technology in our spaces. We are
Andrew Nesbitt@andrewnez@mastodon.social

Thinking of adding support for vendored dependencies to git-pkgs: github.com/git-pkgs/git-pkgs/i

I would like git-pkgs to report dependencies whose package contents or cached artifacts are committed to a repository. Working-directory scans honor .gitignore, but historical scans inspect every t...GitHubDetect and report vendored dependencies · Issue #317 · git-pkgs/git-pkgsI would like git-pkgs to report dependencies whose package contents or cached artifacts are committed to a repository. Working-directory scans honor .gitignore, but historical scans inspect every t...by andrew

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Greg Wilson@gvwilson@mastodon.social

Geng et al 2026: "Mapping the Emerging Curriculum for AI-Assisted Software Engineering via Syllabus Analysis" arxiv.org/abs/2608.05898 interesting to see what people are trying… If anyone knows of a similar analysis for data science curricula, I'd be grateful for a pointer.

arxiv.org/abs/2608.05898
arXiv logoarXiv.orgMapping the Emerging Curriculum for AI-Assisted Software Engineering via Syllabus AnalysisAs Generative AI coding tools reshape professional software development, universities have begun designing courses to prepare students for AI-assisted development workflows. By analyzing the syllabi of these courses, we can gather empirical evidence about these courses, reveal how this emerging curricular area is being defined, and gain guidance for future curriculum design. We analyzed 23 publicly available syllabi and course materials of upper-division, credit-bearing courses that meet specific criteria, including explicitly addressing Generative AI in software engineering. Through iterative qualitative coding, we characterized courses' learning objectives, assessments, topics, and documented AI tools. Our analysis reveals commonalities and differences among these courses that allow researchers and educators to study and develop future courses.

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Anil Madhavapeddy@avsm@amok.recoil.org

I updated my website to the latest oxcaml-5.2.0-minus39 and made some notes about how the opam packaging works anil.recoil.org/notes/oxcaml-o : this might be helpful if you're trying out the performance extensions with your own non-Jane Street codebases

Anil MadhavapeddyUpdating to the OxCaml 5.2.0-minus39 opam packagingHow the OxCaml overlay's guard packages keep incompatible releases out, and how to contribute to it with your own packages.

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Alyssa Coghlan@ancoghlan@mastodon.social

RE: fosstodon.org/@stewardshiplab/

I recognise a lot of the names in this launch announcement, so it will be interesting to see what comes out of this effort.

Software Stewardship Lab@stewardshiplab@fosstodon.org

Today, we're launching a world-class research lab dedicated to Open Source sustainability with a team of some of the most experienced people in the world.

stewardshiplab.org/ideas/a-res

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Mike McQuaid@mikemcquaid@mastodon.social

RE: fosstodon.org/@stewardshiplab/

Some great people here doing some really interesting stuff.

Software Stewardship Lab@stewardshiplab@fosstodon.org

Today, we're launching a world-class research lab dedicated to Open Source sustainability with a team of some of the most experienced people in the world.

stewardshiplab.org/ideas/a-res

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Dr. Dawn Foster@geekygirldawn@hachyderm.io

I’m excited to be a part of the new Software Stewardship Lab, which is launching today! The Software Stewardship Lab is a new organization dedicated to funding research on open source sustainability, a topic I care deeply about. fastwonderblog.com/2026/08/07/

fastwonderblog.comLaunching the Software Stewardship Lab | Fast Wonder

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Software Stewardship Lab@stewardshiplab@fosstodon.org

Today, we're launching a world-class research lab dedicated to Open Source sustainability with a team of some of the most experienced people in the world.

stewardshiplab.org/ideas/a-res

Software Stewardship LabA Research Lab for Open Source ✸ Software Stewardship LabToday, we're launching a world-class research lab dedicated to Open Source sustainability with a team of some of the most experienced people in the world.

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Invest in Open Infrastructure@investinopen@indieweb.social

In a recent piece for Issues in Science and Technology, IOI's Kaitlin Thaney and Jennifer Gibson from Dryad make the case plainly: without sustained operational funding, open research infrastructure keeps disappearing, and everything built on top of it goes with it.

Using data from IOI's State of Open Infrastructure report, the piece lays out concrete steps for funders and institutions to stop treating this infrastructure as an afterthought.

Read the full piece: issues.org/open-data-research-

Issues in Science and TechnologyWho Will Keep Research Data Infrastructure Open and Running? | Real NumbersThe scientific community must consider the longevity of open research infrastructure—why it might fail and how to prevent it.

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Thomas Depierre@Di4na@hachyderm.io

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@andrewnez so basically, still limited to a really small amount of projects, and the one that use it use a lot of it, the others mostly do not use it.

I am not surprised, that fits the model. Nice to have validation.

Also I will stand by my "FOSS maintainers have not seen benefit from LLM". Which align with the flurry of LLM bans we are seeing.