Episode 63: Tobias Augspurger on ProtonTypes, LibreSelery, and Environmentally Sustainable Open Source

Panelists Eric Berry | Justin Dorfman | Richard Littauer Guest
Tobias Augspurger Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain! Our
special guest today is Tobias Augspurger, founder of Protontypes.
Today, we learn all about Protontypes and LibreSelery. We will also
talk about his sustainable awesome-list. We cover the robotics
industry, and how open source has influenced it. We cover other
sustainability projects, like FarmBot, which blend together
community and open source. Tobias tells us other projects he’s
interested in doing with ProntonTypes. Download this episode now to
find out! [00:00:55] Tobias tells us what Protontypes is. He also
talks about sustainability for open source, and whether that means
environmentally sustainable or sustainable for the maintainers.
[00:02:50] We learn all about LibreSelery, which launched this
fall. [00:10:26] Justin asks Tobias his thoughts on bringing more
exposure to projects that are deep down in the stack that the
others are standing above and how can you get those projects.
Justin mentions checking out the Sustain discourse. [00:13:56]
Tobias tells us how his accelerator works. He talks about his
sustainability awesome list. [00:19:02] Richard asks Tobias if he’s
had any students through Protontypes, or any projects come out of
it . Tobias talks about the robotics industry as well. Richard
mentions FarmBot, an open source DIY gardening tool. [00:24:21]
Richard wonders if Tobias has any interests from other projects
that aren’t robotics, or in general if he’s using other sorts of
projects in Protontypes. [00:31:10] Find out here where can you
learn more about Protontypes and LibreSelery. Spotlight [00:32:17]
Justin’s spotlight is a website called, WTFisQF.com. [00:33:00]
Eric’s spotlight is books and jigsaw puzzles. [00:33:26] Richard’s
spotlight is FarmBot. [00:33:44] Tobias’s spotlight is the Wind
Turbine published by the International Energy Agency. Quotes
[00:28:55] “I also think that people that work for something should
get money if somebody is donating into such a project. You cannot
really take donations and do not distribute it into contributors.
So then stop taking donations if you don’t need them and give it to
something else.” Links Tobias Augspurger GitHub
(https://github.com/Ly0n) Protontypes-GitHub
(https://github.com/protontypes) Protontypes LibreSelery-GitHub
(https://github.com/protontypes/LibreSelery) SustainOSS Discourse
(https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) Continuous Donation
Distribution to your Project Contributors-Tobias Augspurger
(https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/continuous-donation-distribution-to-your-project-contributors/467)
WTF is QF
(https://wtfisqf.com/?grant=&grant=&grant=&grant=&match=1000)
FarmBot (https://farm.bot/) International Energy Agency Wind
Turbine (https://www.iea.org/fuels-and-technologies/wind) Credits
Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by
Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/)
Show notes by DeAnn Bahr at Peachtree Sound
(https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Special Guest: Tobias Augspurger.