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The Magento Association is the home of the global Magento Open Source ecosystem - a diverse, driven, and collaborative community shaping the future of open commerce.
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S01E19: Maier Bianchi (Bemeir) on Open Source in the AI Era: Why Ownership Mindset Wins (opens the original)
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In Episode 19 of the Magento Association Podcast, Maier Bianchi (Bemeir) returns for a candid conversation about why membership matters, why open source ownership is more valuable than ever, and how AI is leveling the playing field for Magento developers and merchants alike. Maier founded his agency in New York City — originally called Mage NYC before it became Bemeir — and now serves on the Magento Association's membership committee. He brings a practitioner's view of what it actually costs, an
S01E18: Willem Wigman (Hyvä) on Open Source & AI: Why Owning Your Code Matters (Part 2) (opens the original)
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In Part 2 of Episode 18 of the Magento Association Podcast, Willem Wigman (Hyvä) returns to share a candid perspective on open source strategy, AI's impact on Magento, and his vision for where the Magento Association goes next. If you missed Part 1, Willem walked through Hyvä's origin story. This time he and host Matt Harris pick up in the present: why Hyvä went fully free, how the funnel between Magento and Adobe Commerce has flipped, and what AI means for a community built on owning its own co
S01E17: Willem Wigman (Hyvä) on Building Hyvä & Beating Burnout: A Founder Story - Part 1 (opens the original)
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In Episode 17 of the Magento Association Podcast, Willem Wigman (Hyvä) shares a candid perspective on how Hyvä was born, what burnout really costs a founder, and why staying a pure product company protects everyone around it. Willem has been in the Magento community since 1.4. He ran his own agency until the Magento 2 transition burned him out — twice in a single year — and forced him to close shop. After recovering at German agency integer_net, he went deep into front-end and back-end performan
S01E16: Katy Wilson (Magento Association) on Leadership & Brand: Giving Magento a Voice (opens the original)
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In Episode 16 of the Magento Association Podcast, Katy Wilson (Magento Association) shares her grounded perspective on stepping into the Executive Director role, why Magento's brand needs a clearer voice, and how the ecosystem can move past the open source vs. SaaS debate. Katy has spent over two decades in ecommerce partnerships: from working with Magento as an external partner back in the SagePay days, to becoming Magento's own partner manager across the UK, Germany, Poland, and the Middle Eas
S01E15: Ben Marks (Magento Association) on Rebuilding the Association & Magento's AI Renaissance (opens the original)
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In Episode 15 of the Magento Association Podcast, Ben Marks (Magento Association) shares a candid, insider's look at the organization he now helps lead — its founding, its funding struggles, and its evolving relationship with Adobe. Ben spent years steering Magento's community strategy at Adobe before leaving in 2021 — and he's since returned to the ecosystem in a new role, now on staff at the Magento Association alongside Katie Wilson. In this episode, he walks through the Association's origin
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