Eric Berry started Code Sponsor a year ago because of his passion for finding ways to sustain and fund open source developers. He ultimately had to shutdown due to potential legal issues with GitHub, but was given new life as CodeFund when he went to work for ConsenSys and Gitcoin. We talked through the backstory of this idea, why he's so passionate about fu ... Show More
Nov 21
NOT a swarm! (Changelog & Friends #118)
Practical AI co-host, Chris Benson, joins us to discuss the latest advancements in AI, drones, home automation, and robotic swarming tech. Chris defines "swarm" with detail/precision and it turns out that what most people are calling a swarm today is NOT a swarm!
1h 41m
Nov 19
Creating communal computers (Changelog Interviews #667)
Spencer Chang caught our attention with the alive internet theory website, but he creates all kinds of computery things to bring people together around play, connection, and creation. Spencer's experiments with computing-infused objects inspired him to create an entire line of in ... Show More
57m 48s
Nov 17
Why is Zig so cool? (Changelog News #170)
Nilo Stolte explains why Zig is "a totally new way to write programs", George Mack gives twelve actionable ways to be more creative, Mario Zechner shares his findings on using MCP vs Bash tools, Josh Collinsworth compares creating AI art to medieval alchemy, LibrePods unlocks Air ... Show More
9m 7s
Apr 2017
First-time contributors and maintainer balance (Interview)
Kent C. Dodds joined the show to talk about guiding and supporting first time contributors to open source. We talked about the many ways to be first-timer friendly, how to contribute to open source, the burden and balance of a maintainer, and a few of the projects Kent maintains, ... Show More
1h 13m
Jun 2016
GitHub and Google on Public Datasets & Google BigQuery (Interview)
Arfon Smith from GitHub, and Felipe Hoffa & Will Curran from Google joined the show to talk about BigQuery — the big picture behind Google Cloud's push to host public datasets, the collaboration between the two companies to expand GitHub's public dataset, adding query capabilitie ... Show More
1h 24m
Jul 2023
OpenSauced, Developer Advocacy, and AI with Brian Douglas
<p>Brian Douglas, Founder and CEO at OpenSauced, learned to code while pursuing his MBA and stayed up-to-date with the latest trends and technologies by tuning into podcasts and blogs.</p>
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Brian’s passion eventually caught the attention of Netlify, where he joined as an advoc ... Show More
52m 18s
Nov 2021
AI-generated code with OpenAI Codex
<p>Recently, GitHub released <a href="https://copilot.github.com/">Copilot</a>, which is an amazing AI pair programmer powered by OpenAI’s Codex model. In this episode, Natalie Pistunovich tells us all about Codex and helps us understand where it fits in our development workflow. ... Show More
46m 37s
Jul 2020
Leading Through A Crisis with GitHub’s CTO Jason Warner
<p>At the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies around the world were asking the same question: How do I mobilize my workforce and give them the tools and skills they need to work from home? <a href="https://github.com/">GitHub</a> employs more than 1,000 employees, all ... Show More
25m 16s
Nov 2023
Open Source Contributing with Brian Douglas
The open source coding philosophy has enormous appeal to many software engineers, and with good reason. Open source libraries, applications, and operating systems are now essential to the overall technology ecosystem. And the number of open source projects is only increasing. But ... Show More
48m 1s
Sep 2021
Infrastructure Lays the Foundation for Developer Artistry with Tony Minessale, Founder and CEO of SignalWire
<p>In general, creative-types fall into two camps. The first camp loves the excitement of creating something flashy — things that people can identify, experience, and viscerally respond to. The second camp is made up of those who care about building a foundation so that other peo ... Show More
34m 33s