Aishat Muibudeen
Aishat Muibudeen is a Design Maintainer at the AsyncAPI Initiative, where she also serves on the Code of Conduct and Technical Steering Committees. She’s an active contributor to CHAOSS and co-founded OpenNest-Africa, a community built to make open source less intimidating and fun, especially for folks from underrepresented backgrounds.
Her work intersects inclusive design, community care, and open-source sustainability. She frequently spoke on these topics and presented her paper “Beyond the Code: How Diversity and Inclusion Shape the Future of Open Source” at the OpenForum Academy Symposium (OFA) in 2024.
Driven by a love for storytelling and systems change, Aishat believes community is just as critical as code. She's passionate about helping people feel seen, supported, and safe in tech spaces — and yes, she’s learning German too, weil Wachstum nicht am Keyboard endet.
Session
Open source runs on passion, but passion is not a renewable resource. This talk will explore the hidden emotional and social costs of contributing to open-source projects. From burnout to invisibility, we’ll reflect on how the very communities we depend on can unintentionally exhaust the people keeping them alive. Attendees will walk away with practical ways to support contributors, make communities more welcoming, and build open source that truly includes everyone.