In this episode of Software Engineering Daily, FreeBSD developer and contributor John Baldwin joins Gregor Vand to explore the origins of FreeBSD, how its governance model differs from other open-source projects, its role inside systems like Netflix’s CDN and PlayStation 4, and the challenges of maintaining a 30-year-old codebase.

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https://softwareengineeringdaily.com/2026/03/31/freebsd-with-john-baldwin/
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