---
title: "What did I bring back from Open Source Summit? The SDM Show episode 339"
date: 2023-07-17
author: "Courtney Robertson"
featured_image: "https://courtneyr.dev/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/sdm-show-339-open-source-community-featured-1.jpg"
categories:
  - name: "WordPress"
    url: "/category/wptips.md"
  - name: "Speaking"
    url: "/category/speaking.md"
  - name: "Open Source"
    url: "/category/open-source.md"
---

# What did I bring back from Open Source Summit? The SDM Show episode 339

What did a WordPress developer advocate bring back from Open Source Summit? [Rob Cairns](https://rcairns.substack.com/)friendcolleague invited me onto The SDM Show, episode 339, to talk about the open source community and the summit, a few months after I’d attended.

## 🎙️ Episode details

- **Show:** The SDM Show, episode 339
- **Host:** Rob Cairns
- **Guest:** me, Courtney Robertson
- **Released:** July 17, 2023, about 41 minutes
- **Topics:** the open source community and Open Source Summit
- **Listen:** [The SDM Show episode 339 on Spotify for Podcasters](https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-sdm-show/episodes/Episode-339-The-Open-Source-Community-With-Courtney-Robertson-e2725dn)

## 🧭 What the Open Source Summit episode covers

According to the episode description, Rob and I talked about the open source community and Open Source Summit, the Linux Foundation’s conference. Also, other conversations from that year give context: I’d attended that May, and I came back thinking about how WordPress compares with projects where nearly every contributor is sponsored by an employer.

Also, more conversations like this one live in [my podcast and speaking archive](https://courtneyr.dev/category/speaking/).

## 🗓️ Archival note

The SDM Show released this episode on July 17, 2023. Then I added this post on November 9, 2026. However, the only published notes are a one line description and no transcript exists, so this post doesn’t summarize what I said in the episode itself. So listen for the full conversation.





[](https://courtneyr.dev/2023/07/17/open-source-summit-sdm-show-339/)Courtney RobertsonWhat did I bring back from Open Source Summit? The SDM Show episode 339