From Vibrant to Silent: Has the Community Lost Its Voice?

<p>Has the once vibrant and much-loved cloud-native community lost its spark? What was once an ecosystem fueled by collaboration and curiosity now feels increasingly defined by Slack channels, swag drops, and conference booths.</p> <p>Despite an explosion of meetups, and events, audiences are thinning. Community fatigue is real and vendor influence often overshadows genuine grassroots participation.</p> <p>Contribution activity has slowed, and several once-thriving open-source projects are experiencing a contributor drought. End-user organizations and sponsors that once championed community contributions are now scaling back, leaving critical projects struggling to sustain.</p> <p>This talk takes a candid look at the past, present, and possible future of the open source community. Through data and insights from a few popular OSS projects we’ll explore the patterns behind this shift and what it means for the sustainability of open collaboration in the years ahead.</p>