Ian Wagner
Ian has been contributing to open-source projects, making his first contribution to FreeBSD ports over 20 years ago. Since then, he has found himself in both a contributor and a maintainer role, both at work and on personal projects. He is one of the cofounders of Stadia Maps, a location API company built on open data and open source, which actively gives back to the community through its involvement in the MapLibre organization, sponsorship of FOSS4G, and publishing of new open-source libraries.
세션
Most of us use a smartphone or in-vehicle navigation system on a daily basis to get directions and estimate our travel time. Geolocation is powered by GPS and other open standards, which are available for anyone to use for free. Map data is open thanks to projects like OpenStreetMap. And open-source routing engines like Valhalla generate high quality routes.
But the process of guiding the user to their destination, step by step, on any device, has long remained the realm of proprietary, vendor-locked software. This talk is about my journey building a credible open-source alternative, why we're building it in Rust, and the successes (and failures!) of running a community project with corporate involvement.
This lightning talk covers some lessons I've learned of contributing to and maintaining open-source projects for the past 20 years. Contributor onboarding is often quite painful, but some projects do a much better job than others. Listeners will hear practical improvements that every maintainer can adopt, and will help new projects launch with the right framework to build a vibrant community.