All Things Open RTP Meetup November 2026
We’ll host our first post-ATO 2026 meetup on Tuesday evening, November 10!
The topic is one we’re extremely interested in and one we get asked about all the time — “Becoming a More Effective Open Source Contributor Using AI Tooling”. Anyone attending should learn a lot!
Cost: FREE, as always
Speaker: Brad Topol, IBM
Talk Title: Becoming a More Effective Open Source Contributor Using AI Tooling
Talk Abstract:
Traditionally, learning a new open source project and becoming an influential open source contributor was a daunting and painful task that took several months or years to accomplish. It also relied on spending lots of time interacting with project maintainers and exploring GitHub commit histories to understand an open source code base. AI based agentic Integrated Development Environments are having a dramatic impact on what were historically the best practices for becoming an influential open source contributor. In this talk, we cover several case studies where we have explored the use of the AI tools on a variety of popular open source projects and evaluate the efficacy of the AI tools. We then provide best practices and illustrate how to use these tools effectively. We also describe what pitfalls to avoid to ensure that while leveraging these tools, new open source developers are seen as responsible citizens that are making meaningful contributions as opposed to being seen as non-productive project participants that are generating “AI Slop” and overwhelming the open source project with unnecessary overheads.
*This is a free event. However, registration is required. Seating is limited, so registration’s will be capped as we fill up.
Questions? Contact us at info@allthingsopen.org.
Dr. Brad Topol leads Open Technologies and AI Development Transformation at IBM Research. In his current role, he leads a development team with responsibility for contributing to and improving several AI and cloud-native open source technologies including PyTorch, vLLM, InstructLab, LMCache, llm-d, KubeFlow, KServe, Kubernetes, Tekton, and Operator Framework. He also serves as a member of the LF AI & Data Foundation Governing Board, and as a CNCF alternate Governing Board Member. He is a co-author of “Hybrid Cloud Apps with OpenShift and Kubernetes,” a book published by O’Reilly Media in 2021. In addition, he is a co-author of “Kubernetes in the Enterprise,” a book published by O’Reilly Media in 2018. He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1998.
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