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
Jan 14
The GitHub problem (and other predictions) (Changelog & Friends #123)
Mat Ryer is back and he brought his impromptu musical abilities with him! We discuss Rob Pike vs thankful AI, Microsoft's GitHub monopoly (and what it means for open source), and Tom Tunguz' 12 predictions for 2026: agent-first design, the rise of vector databases, and are we abo ... Show More
1h 41m
Jan 12
Linus Torvalds gets the AI coding bug (Changelog News #176)
Linus Torvalds pushes AI generated code, Jordan Fulghum thinks this is the year of self-hosting, FracturedJson formats for compact / human readability, Scott Werner believes a flood of adequate software is coming, and Sean Goedecke explains why generic software design advice is u ... Show More
5m 5s
Jan 7
From GitLab to Kilo Code (Changelog Interviews #672)
We're joined by Sid Sijbrandij, founder of GitLab who led the all-in-one coding platform all the way to IPO. In late 2022, Sid discovered that he had bone cancer. That started a journey he's been on ever since... a journey that he shares with us in great detail. Along the way, Si ... Show More
1h 17m
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
Recently, GitHub released Copilot, 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. We also discuss MLOps and how AI is influenc ... 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
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