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Brian Muenzenmeyer

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📗 Author, @approachableopensource.com 🎪 Sneelock of the Circus 🤹 @nodejs.org website maintainer 🦆 Rough cut woodworker 🎯 OSPO at Target 👨🏻‍🦲 Views my own. He/Him

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Nico Kaiser @nico.kaiser.me · 9h
📸 #NodeConfEU @brianmuenzenmeyer.com & Claudio Wunder: Replacing What Works: doc-kit and the Next 10 Years of Node.js Documentation
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NodeConf.eu @nodeconf.eu · 25/09/2026
🥁 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭🎙️ Thrilled to have @wunderacle.bsky.social on the #NodeConfEU 2026 stage! He'll be joining @brianmuenzenmeyer.com as a co-speaker to share the story behind "Replacing What Works: doc-kit and the Next 10 Years of Node.js Documentation." 🎟️https://www.nodeconf.eu
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 22/09/2026
Wrote and released pr-age-gate - a GitHub Action and CLI to help aide Node.js governance, or yours! Make a PR cook for a configurable amount of time... ❌ under 48 hours ✅ 48 hours or more github.com/marketplace/... #opensource #github #governance
A screenshot of action output. It mostly says "Open for 46h 44m — needs 48h (1h 16m remaining)
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 13/09/2026
Today my wife and I chose to empty a piñata went had for 7 years instead of breaking it. They don't make em this adorable anymore. Only 40 pieces of candy for inside. She'll have a home. Our small bit of compassion for today. Yes I'm anthropomorphisizing and I don't care.
A colorful donkey piñata on the table amidst a pile of candy.
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 31/08/2026
Funny thing about MDX is that it leads to less and less markup in your markdown. This is a slow backslide into a full react app again.
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Darcy Clarke @darcyclarke.me · 04/08/2026
Excited to share vlt 1.0 along with our hosted registries & ecosystem mirrors now GA! A drop-in npm replacement, built so nothing runs on your machine just because you typed install. → faster delivery → malware blocking at the registry layer → graph-native querying
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Tim Sharp @tea-sharp.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Thanks for coming onto the pod! As a newbie to open source, it was really cool to hear how you got involved with PatternLab. I'm following a similar route with Drupal. The DCO concept is great, and I'd love to see Drupal adopt it! @brianmuenzenmeyer.com www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrFh...
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Talking Drupal #564 - Approachable Open Source
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NodeConf.eu @nodeconf.eu · 11/08/2026
🥁 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭🎙️ Thrilled to have @brianmuenzenmeyer.com on the #NodeConf EU 2026 stage! He'll tell us the story of "𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬: 𝐝𝐨𝐜-𝐤𝐢𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝟏𝟎 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐝𝐞.𝐣𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧". 🎟️Don't miss it out; secure your tickets www.nodeconf.eu
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Tim Sharp @tea-sharp.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The start of the semester has inspired me to learn more about new concepts. I was to find was happy to find a copy of Approachable Open Source in the mail today! 📚 Thanks for the note and for going on the Talking Drupal podcast! @brianmuenzenmeyer.com @talkingdrupal.bsky.social
Tim holding Approachable Open Source by Brian Muenzenmeyer.
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Node.js @nodejs.org · 09/07/2026
Node.js Interactive @ RenderATL lineup announced. QUIC in core. Built-in TypeScript in Node 26. Event loop deep dives. npm supply chain security. MCP for backends. doc-kit. Integration testing. Platform thinking. Full speaker list: bit.ly/3R1zbz8 Join us in Atlanta: bit.ly/4f7HNvY
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 01/06/2026
AI struggling like the rest of us to name things. 😂 #namingishard
A list of git lock files, defunct.
index, index.lock.bak, index.lock.bak.old2.dead.dead, index.lock.dead.dead, index.lock.old.dead.dead
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Software Engineering Daily @softwaredaily.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
In this episode we cover open source sustainability and the challenges of maintaining critical dependencies. @abbycabs.dev and @brianmuenzenmeyer.com join @joshuakgoldberg.com for a wide-ranging conversation. softwareengineeringdaily.com/2026/05/14/o...
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Open Source Sustainability - Software Engineering Daily
Open source software underpins nearly every modern application, including frameworks powering the most popular websites, to the libraries securing financial backend systems. However, while open source...
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 26/03/2026
📣 Two Announcements! 1️⃣ Approachable Open Source is now free to read online! 2️⃣ US fulfillment is now $7 flat, anywhere. You basically pay shipping. `TLDR' - It's time to fully give the community to book. Completely. Totally. Like, go read it now! approachableopensource.com/read/
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Read Approachable Open Source
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 13/02/2026
Tell me you've had layoffs without telling me you've had layoffs
the frontpage of the washington post with the masthead repeated twice
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 31/12/2025
Introducing 🦍Gorilla! A YouTube wrapper that give parents the ultimate control over what their kids watch. I built this for my kids, and they love it. Moreover, they watch LESS NOW. Check out out at gorilla.tube www.linkedin.com/pulse/introd... #parenting #ipadkids #youtube #indiedev
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Introducing 🦍Gorilla - an app to make your own YouTube Kids - that you control.
I've been working on a YouTube wrapper for the boys. I call it Gorilla! Get it at https://gorilla.
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 23/12/2025
Bought a domain and pushed some content to it. Early analytics turned up WAY too many hits. Wayback says it hosted porn about 5 years ago. I guess availability is no longer the only concern on domain searches - you might be inheriting a WHOLE LOT of unwanted traffic.
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 20/12/2025
Finally released my long-form version of Finite Source Machines: Contribution for Busy Humans from All Things Open this October. Read it at approachableopensource.com/blog/2025-op... Thanks again to @allthingsopen.bsky.social for the opportunity. #opensource #lessonsfrom500yearsago
The title slide of the talk, Finite Source Machines: Contribution for Busy Humans. It depicts a study drawn by Leonardo Da Vinci for his unfinished painting, The Adoration of the Magi.
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 06/12/2025
It's Friday night, so of course I spent it opening a bug report to GitHub on their SBOM generation feature. SBOMs reference a branch, with no correlation to the sha of the current commit on the default branch. Very simple win to introduce true traceability. #FridayNightCoding #GitHub #SBOM
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 16/11/2025
Gave brianmuenzenmeyer.com a facelift this week. I've leaned into this notion that I don't fit into a neat box anymore. I'm a multifaceted leader and human, at work, in life, in my relationship, etc. I keep seeing this reality in my travels, and sometimes it even hinders me.
the new homepage for brianmuenzenmeyer.com

me, at All Things Open, with a dithered effect and procedurely generated tetris blocks overlayed
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 08/11/2025
🌐 For immediate release, from my desk to your device... 📰 Saturday News Drop! 📓 New post: Open Source Pace Layers, now live on the approachableopensource.com blog! approachableopensource.com/blog/2025-op...
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Adapting an idea and visualizing symmathesy.
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 24/10/2025
Recording for my @jsconf.bsky.social talk is now up www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRxS... #opensource #nodejs
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Node.js - You Don't Need a Dependency - Brian Muenzenmeyer, Node.js
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 21/10/2025
You know you have a good open source team when you can resolve a production outage from report, triage, debugging, fix, testing, through to PR merge and deployment in 57 minutes. #nodejs #opensource github.com/nodejs/nodej... github.com/nodejs/nodej...
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Download page is blank · Issue #8248 · nodejs/nodejs.org
URL: https://nodejs.org/en/download Browser Name: Chrome Browser Version: 141.0.7390.108 Operating System: Windows 10, 22H2 How to reproduce the issue: Open nodejs.org website Navigate to Download ...
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Wes @notwes.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Well enough. I rambled a bit because I was off script, but no one said I bombed it lol. So that's good. Now I hope we can get the folks at @github.com to put a pause on next months changes for @npmjs.bsky.social publishing. 🤞
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 20/10/2025
Hahahhahahha. There are two other known typos, not intentionally. These hardware bugs are harder to patch!
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 19/10/2025
👕I sported this tee at @allthingsopen.bsky.social the other day - and in celebration you can pick up your own copy of the #opensource stack! #community & #issues & #pullrequests & #releases & #api & #license Get yours over at approachableopensource.com
A tshirt with a list

Community &
Issues &
Pull Requests &
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 18/10/2025
Thesis for the taking the pictures and the fun times this week!
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 17/10/2025
Slides for my @allthingsopen.bsky.social talk are up - Finite Source Machines: Contribution for Busy Humans! Exports are sometimes bizarre, but the gist is there and I plan to long form present it on the blog too. noti.st/brianmuenzen... #opensource #allthingsopen
The first slide of my talk, Finite Source Machines: Contribution for Busy Humans. The background is a sketch Leonardo Da Vinci made for The Adoration of the Magi
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OpenJS Foundation @openjsf.org · 16/10/2025
Introducing 🥁🥁🥁 our JavaScriptLandia award recipients for this year! Beyond building new features, our recipients guide others, maintain essential systems, document the hard parts, and strengthen the community every step of the way. 💙 Read more about our honorees here: hubs.la/Q03NQvx10
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 17/10/2025
Node.js You Don't Need a Dependency Slides for my @jsconf.bsky.social talk are up. Thanks to everyone for listening and the many great conversations after! noti.st/brianmuenzen... #nodejs #jsconf #opensource
The title slide for my JSConf talk, "You Don't Need a Dependency"
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 13/10/2025
This is tomorrow! Right behind registration. See you there! In addition: - One talk today - One talk tomorrow
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 09/10/2025
Find me next week at @allthingsopen.bsky.social in Raleigh to snag a copy of @approachableopensource.com This full-spectrum primer on the open source software landscape continues to meet the moment. If you cannot attend, check approachableopensource.com to buy a print or ebook copy. #opensource
A screenshot of me signing copies of Approachable Open Source at All Things Open next week.
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TypeScript.fm @typescript.fm · 23/09/2025
Community highlights ✨ - @squiggleconf.com happened! - @brianmuenzenmeyer.com shares pure TS GitHub Actions - @azraelsec.sh type branding ELI5 - @evanhahn.com don't use ts-ignore - Matt Brown explains using Node's Test Runner with TypeScript & React - Motion AI on why they're moving off of TS
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 18/09/2025
Guess what!? Pure @typescriptlang.org @github.com Actions with no build process now work! I made this demo at github.com/bmuenzenmeye...
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GitHub - bmuenzenmeyer/nodejs-version-logger-typescript-action: Demo and template of a TypeScript GitHub Action with no build process needed now that GH supports Node 24
Demo and template of a TypeScript GitHub Action with no build process needed now that GH supports Node 24 - bmuenzenmeyer/nodejs-version-logger-typescript-action
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 06/09/2025
I gotta appreciate the cultural overlap of #fortnite - it just showed a set of Beavis and Butthead skins to my boys and they were positively fascinated - having never seen or heard of them before.
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All Things Open @allthingsopen.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Brian Muenzenmeyer (@brianmuenzenmeyer.com), Principal Engineer for @nodejs.org, joins us on stage to share their insights. Don't miss "Finite Source Machines: Contribution for Busy Humans" at #AllThingsOpen! 2025.allthingsopen.org/sessions/fin...
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tierney cyren @bnb.im · 25/07/2025
fun news! I was laid off from Twilio. going to take this weekend to chill out, and will start looking for roles next week. if you or someone you know is looking for staff/principal level Developer Advocacy, OSPO, dev infra, or similar roles pass them along! reposts from tech folks appreciated <3
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 22/07/2025
@aviv.sh and I are working on an End of Life (EOL) page for @nodejs.org. Better communicating the risks of staying on out of date software is work worth doing, and helps the entire ecosystem stay safer. github.com/nodejs/nodej... #opensource #nodejs #vulnerabilities #cve
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Node.js @nodejs.org · 30/06/2025
New Pride spotlight from @thisismissem.social 🌈💚 She shares how coming out and contributing to open source shaped her journey in tech. Read it here: nodejs.org/en/blog/comm...
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 29/06/2025
A two-fer - I'll be at @jsconf.bsky.social too, right after @allthingsopen.bsky.social - talking about advancements in @nodejs.org making userland simpler. I hope to see you there!
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Node.js @nodejs.org · 27/06/2025
Happy Pride 🌈 In our latest blog post, @vcarl.com shares a powerful reflection on open source and identity: nodejs.org/en/blog/comm... We're spotlighting LGBTQ voices in the Node.js community. Got a story to share? Submit a PR: github.com/nodejs/nodej...
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 27/06/2025
🚀 Announcement: I'll be speaking at #AllThingsOpen this October, talking about "​​Finite Source Machines: Contribution for Busy Humans". I hope to see you there!
An astronaut announcing "I'm Speaking at ATO 2025" All Things Open October 12-14 in Raleigh NC
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 24/06/2025
I spent about a month ranking MLS team crests according to design principles, at least as I've come to know them. It was fun to compare notes with Jack too. brianmuenzenmeyer.com/posts/2025-m... #mls #soccer #design
A tier list of MLS crests
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 20/05/2025
⚽️New post: Soccer A running list of games I or the family have been fortunate enough to attend. This is a good post to tend, digital garden style. brianmuenzenmeyer.com/posts/2025-s...
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Soccer : Brian Muenzenmeyer
Soccer : Keeping track of games we've been to as family and friends : The personal website of Brian Muenzenmeyer.
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Node.js @nodejs.org · 06/05/2025
The future of OSUOSL is in jeopardy - as a nonprofit, they provide free infrastructure for many OSS projects, nurturing smaller projects and filling out support matrices for bigger projects like Node.js. Please help them keep the lights on for the OSS world! osuosl.org/blog/osl-fut...
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Future of OSL in Jeopardy | OSU Open Source Lab
A nonprofit organization working for the advancement of open source technologies.
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Kamran Ayub @kamranicus.com · 04/05/2025
I also went to @brianmuenzenmeyer.com's Node dependency talk, where he shared some great tips on what's new in Node and what npm deps you don't need anymore!
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 03/05/2025
Slides for my standing-room-only talk "Do I Still Need This Dependency for My @nodejs.org App?" Overwhelming feedback was that they wished this was on an official resource somewhere. noti.st/brianmuenzen... #nodejs #minnebar19
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Do I still need this dependency for my Node.js app? by Brian Muenzenmeyer
Advancements over time in Node.js are improving the out of the box experience. New versions are released all the time across Active LTS and Current development lines. It’s easy to miss something betwe...
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 30/04/2025
Join me at sold out, record turnout, and my first @minnestar.org Minnebar this Saturday. I'm slated for session 1 at 9:35 AM: "Do I still need this dependency for my @nodejs.org app?" sessions.minnestar.org
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Minnebar 19 – Session Schedule
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 23/03/2025
Are two nearly identical "hot takes" fusion or fission? Suppose that's what a screenshot if LinkedIn of a sceenshot of Twitter now on Bluesky gets us. Setting down the anxiety rectangle for now.
Two successive posts on LinkedIn. They both predict 100% code will be written by AI in 2026. Then 2027 onward will have massive cleanup efforts.
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 21/03/2025
Here just to relay that my six year old said that the best #marchmadness team is "Dookie". Love that pronunciation, no notes little man.
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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 20/02/2025
🐕 Moved around some copies of Approachable Open Source today to make room for our puppy. Shameless marketing opportunities soon! #opensource #booksky
Copies of Approachable Open Source atop boxes of Approachable Open Source.
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