Workshop

Engineering IRL Meetups for OSS Growth

Tuesday, 20 May 2025 @ 11:00 - 11:55

In the early stages of open source development, cultivating a strong practitioner community can be a powerful force multiplier. This talk shares how Datastrato, creators of Apache Gravitino, built and scaled the Data for AI meetup into one of the Bay Area’s most active communities for senior data and AI engineers.

We’ll explore practical strategies for leveraging in-person, geographically grounded developer relations to foster engagement, drive adoption, and build credibility across a wide technical surface area—turning monthly meetups into sustained momentum for open source growth.