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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 · 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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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 · 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 · 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 · 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 &
Releases &
API &
License

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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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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 · 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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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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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

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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 · 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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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 02/01/2025

Just released a new post: Do I Need This Node Dependency? Wherein I step by step highlight a bunch of new features released on the Node.js project, and wrap up with a longer narrative about open source pace layers. brianmuenzenmeyer.com/posts/2024-d... #nodejs #opensource #pacelayers

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 19/12/2024

👋Hola @nodejs.org , ahora en nodejs.org/es! Con la implementación de github.com/nodejs/nodej..., cerramos una brecha de larga data en nuestros esfuerzos i18n. ¡Gracias a todos los que ayudaron a hacer esto posible!

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 13/12/2024

Are there any folks in the @nodejs.org community interested in taking a slightly more active role in internationalization efforts? We have a number of languages in need of proofreaders, and even language coordinators that can resolve questions/approve suggestions, etc. Here's our biggest needs:

a list of languages the nodejs.org site needs to translate yet

Spanish
Italian
Japanese
German
Russian
Portuguese, Brazilian
Romanian
Greek

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 07/12/2024

I mean seriously check out this drip bling ice

A screenshot of 8 X-Wing vs TIE Fighter awards from the BattleStats.com Week of War contests. Three 1st Places, January 2005, August 2004, July 2004, and a sequence of lesser medals. The awards have X-Wing, TIE Figher, or Z-95 starfighters from Star Wars on them.

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 07/12/2024

Adding Korean to @nodejs.org - now a part of automated translations sync and format initiated via cron. github.com/nodejs/nodej... Thanks to @crowdin.bsky.social for support along the way!

The nodejs.org website localized to Korean.

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 07/12/2024

bizarre reproducable @github.com bug in commit UI 1. go to github.com/nodejs/nodej... 2. Toggle between code and rendered view of the yml diffs 3. Each time you do this, the UI renders another instance of the actions listed in the workflow and prompts you to "Give feedback on dependency review"

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 05/12/2024

Create a Profile Readme.... I already have one. @github.com knows this.

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 05/12/2024

hoping this unblocks a lot of work for the i18n efforts on the @nodejs.org site.

A screenshot of the queued to merge UI on GitHub

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 04/12/2024

Added the @bsky.app logo to the @approachableopensource.com top nav - might tweak the path further - had to mess around with a smaller viewbox due to the way the site loads its existing icons.

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 26/11/2024

Yes my sons and i play the X-Wing Tabletop game. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Wa... TIEs are my favorite

Some X-Wing miniatures on my desk.
A Wing
Y Wing
X WING
TIE Bomber
B Wing
N1
TIE Defender
TIE Interceptor
TIE Interceptor
TIE Fighter
TIE Fighter
TIE Phantom
TIE Interceptor
TIE Striker
TIE Bomber

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 26/11/2024

No 10:42AM is not too early to chase 4 coffees with a root beer, when the two year old brings you one. AMA in a couple hours.

Sprecher root beer on my desk. My computer in the background.

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 22/11/2024

Ha was just going to show you! Picked this us at an OSCON a long time ago. You were very inspiring !!

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 22/11/2024

Left: camera roll. Right: camera control. Lets see side by side

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 22/11/2024

I picked this up the first time I saw her speak at OSCON in Portland. I was only OSPO-curious then!

Adopting innersource by danese cooper and klaas jan stol

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 13/11/2024

A coffee before everyone else is up is still one of life's best pursuits.

My coffee nook with many cups on the shelf.

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 11/11/2024

I stumbled upon it during a layover prior to #nodeconfeu and #collabsummit. Small world, sometimes, eh?

The view of Lisbon with a Web Summit sign in the foreground.

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 09/11/2024

Thanks for sharing! Here's some of my favs.

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 09/11/2024

Approachable Open Source is now part of the library (ok fine table) at @eamo.bsky.social Baseline. Thanks again for the fantastic space and hospitality. 📗 buy paperback or digital at approachableopensource.com

Approachable Open Source sitting on a desk at Baseline in Dublin, Ireland

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Brian Muenzenmeyer @brianmuenzenmeyer.com · 09/11/2024

Flying back to the states after an amazing week at #NodeConfEU and #nodejs collaborator summit. So energizing and fortunate to work with everyone. Here's to the next chapter of work, and next time!

A mossy, moist staircase covered in leaves leading to Waterford Castle in Ireland.

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