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The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source

Software's best weekly news brief, deep technical interviews & talk show.

Software's best weekly news brief, deep technical interviews & talk show.

 

#835

State of the "log" 2024 (Friends)

Our 7th annual year-end wrap-up is here! We’re featuring 12 listener voicemails, dope Breakmaster Cylinder remixes & our favorite episodes of the year. Thanks for listening! 💚 [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455613-friends) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members save 11 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. --- [Eight Sleep] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) – Up to $600 off Pod 4 Ultra — Go to [eightsleep.com/changelog] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) and use the code CHANGELOG. You can try it for free for 30 days - but we’re confident you will not want to return it (we love ours). Once you experience AI-optimized sleep, you’ll wonder how you ever slept without it. Currently shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. --- [Wix Studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio) – Wix Sudio is for devs who build websites, sell apps, go headless, or manage clients. Integrate, extend and write custom scripts in a VS code-based IDE. Leverage zero set up dev, test and production environments. Ship faster with an AI code assistant. And work with Wix headless API’s on any tech stack. --- [Retool] (https://retool.com/changelog) – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at [retool.com/changelog] (https://retool.com/changelog) Featuring: ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) Show Notes: Many episodes were favorited more than once! We only list the first mention here… AJ Kerrigan’s favs: --- [We have a right to repair! with Kyle Wiens (Interviews #582)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/582) --- [Building customizable ergonomic keyboards with Erez Zukerman (Interviews #608)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/608) --- [Open source threaded team chat?! with Alya Abbott (Interviews #607)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/607) Erno Voutilainen’s favs: --- [Retirement is for suckers with Cameron Seay (Friends #36)] (https://changelog.com/friends/36) --- [#define: legendary with Thomas Eckert, Nick Nisi & Mat Ryer (Friends #47)] (https://changelog.com/friends/47) --- [Two tickets for Departure, please with Helena Zhang & Tobias Fried (Interviews #618)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/618) Don Mackinnon’s favs: --- [From Chef to System Initiative featuring Adam Jacob (Friends #55)] (https://changelog.com/friends/55) --- [Rails is having a moment (again) with DHH (Interviews #615)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/615) Brett Cannon’s favs: --- [From Sun to Oxide with Bryan Cantrill (Interviews #592)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/592) --- [Free-threaded Python with Pablo & Łukasz (Interviews #611)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/611) --- [Gradually gradually typing Elixir featuring José Valim (Friends #28)] (https://changelog.com/friends/28) --- [Linux distros with Jorge Castro (Ship It! #122)] (https://changelog.com/shipit/122) --- [Let’s talk FreeBSD (finally) with Allan Jude (Interviews #574)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/574) --- [The Oban Pros with Shannon & Parker Selbert (Friends #35)] (https://changelog.com/friends/35) --- [Why we need Ladybird with Andreas Kling & Chris Wanstrath (Interviews #604)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/604) --- [Retired, not tired. with Kelsey Hightower (Interviews #595)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/595) Nabeel Sulieman’s favs: --- [The Moneyball approach with John Nunemaker (Interviews #612)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/612) --- [Into the Bobiverse featuring Dennis E. Taylor (Interviews #603)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/603) Rusty Nail’s favs: --- [Lessons from 10k hours of programming (Remastered) with Matt Rickard (Interviews #613)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/613) --- [“Founder Mode” at work when you’re not a founder (Go Time #332)] (https://changelog.com/gotime/332) --- [The best, worst codebase with Jimmy Miller (Changelog Interviews #609)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/609) --- [Bus factors & conspiracy theories (Friends #70)] (https://changelog.com/friends/70) Jamie Tanna’s favs: --- [Yeeting stuff into public with Jamie Tanna (Friends #31)] (https://changelog.com/friends/31) --- [OpenAPI & API design with Jamie Tanna (Go Time #328)] (https://changelog.com/gotime/328) --- [1999: A Film Odyssey (Changelog++ 🔐) (Friends ++)] (https://changelog.com/friends/plusplus-build-2024) --- [Hack Club takes to the High Seas featuring Acon (Interviews #620)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/620) --- [Gotta give to get back with Danny Thompson @ THAT (Interviews #617)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/617) Jerod’s favs: --- [We ain’t afraid of no Ghostty! with Mitchell Hashimoto (Interviews #622)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/622) --- [Kaizen! NOT a pipe dream with Gerhard Lazu (Friends #50)] (https://changelog.com/friends/50) --- [You have how many open tabs?! featuring the hallway track at THAT (Friends #29)] (https://changelog.com/friends/29) --- [Future of [energy, content, food] featuring the hallway track at THAT (Friends #30)] (https://changelog.com/friends/30) --- [The man behind the Sandwich featuring Adam Lisagor (Interviews #601)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/601) --- [Starbucks DVD peddlers with Emily Freeman & Justin Garrison (Friends #60)] (https://changelog.com/friends/60) Adam’s favs: --- [In the beginning (of generative AI) with Joe Reis (Interviews #576)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/576) --- [Shift left, seriously. with Deepak Prabhakara & Schalk Neethling (Interviews #575)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/575) Also mentioned: --- [Prime Digital Academy] (https://www.primeacademy.io/) --- [Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) - IMDb] (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0432283/) --- [The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) - IMDb] (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0265666/) --- [Jump Around - Wikipedia] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jump_Around) --- [FreeBSD At 30: The History And Future Of The Most Popular BSD-Based OS] (https://hackaday.com/2024/10/28/freebsd-at-30-the-history-and-future-of-the-most-popular-bsd-based-os/) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/friends/changelog--friends-74.md) ... Read more

20 Dec 2024

2 HR 08 MINS

2:08:21

20 Dec 2024


#834

We ain't afraid of no Ghostty! (Interview)

Mitchell Hashimoto joins the show to discuss Ghostty, the newest terminal in town. Mitchell co-founded HashiCorp, took it all the way to IPO, exited in 2023—and now he’s working on a terminal emulator called Ghostty. Ghostty is set to 1.0 this month, so we sat down to talk through all the details. [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/456187-interviews) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members save 13 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. --- [Eight Sleep] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) – Up to $600 off Pod 4 Ultra — Go to [eightsleep.com/changelog] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) and use the code CHANGELOG. You can try it for free for 30 days - but we’re confident you will not want to return it (we love ours). Once you experience AI-optimized sleep, you’ll wonder how you ever slept without it. Currently shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. --- [Wix Studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio) – Wix Sudio is for devs who build websites, sell apps, go headless, or manage clients. Integrate, extend and write custom scripts in a VS code-based IDE. Leverage zero set up dev, test and production environments. Ship faster with an AI code assistant. And work with Wix headless API’s on any tech stack. --- [Retool] (https://retool.com/changelog) – The low-code platform for developers to build internal tools — Some of the best teams out there trust Retool…Brex, Coinbase, Plaid, Doordash, LegalGenius, Amazon, Allbirds, Peloton, and so many more – the developers at these teams trust Retool as the platform to build their internal tools. Try it free at [retool.com/changelog] (https://retool.com/changelog) Featuring: ---Mitchell Hashimoto – [Website] (https://about.me/mitchellh) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/mitchellh) , [X] (https://x.com/mitchellh) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) Show Notes: ---First episode with Mitchell Hashimoto! [Changelog Interviews #72: Vagrant and virtualized environments] (https://changelog.com/podcast/72) --- [Ghostty 1.0 is Coming] (https://mitchellh.com/writing/ghostty-is-coming) and more at [Ghostty 👻] (https://mitchellh.com/ghostty) . --- [Zig] (https://ziglang.org) - Zig is a general-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal and reusable software. --- [Warp] (https://www.warp.dev/) --- [Changelog & Friends #53: There’s a TUI for that] (https://changelog.com/friends/53) --- [Changelog Interviews #511: The terminal as a platform] (https://changelog.com/podcast/511) --- [Changelog Interviews #555: Back to the terminal of the future] (https://changelog.com/podcast/555) --- [Michael Flarup] (https://flarup.co) runs [Pixel Resort] (https://www.pixelresort.com/) and created the Ghostty icon Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-622.md) ... Read more

18 Dec 2024

1 HR 42 MINS

1:42:53

18 Dec 2024


#833

The code, prose & pods that shaped 2024 (News)

This episodes diverges from our traditional fare. I’ve reviewed the 50 previous editions and picked (IMHO) the coolest code, best prose & my favorite podcast episode from each month! [View the newsletter] (https://changelog.com/news/125/email) [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455469-news) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Sentry] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) – When your app breaks, fix it faster with Sentry Use the code CHANGELOG when you sign up to get $100 off the team plan. Learn more about what they shipped for [Launch Week] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) and [Session Replay for Mobile.] (https://docs.sentry.io/product/explore/session-replay/mobile/) Featuring: ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ... Read more

16 Dec 2024

17 MINS

17:30

16 Dec 2024


#832

Kaizen! Three wise men? (Friends)

Gerhard is back for [Kaizen 17] (https://github.com/thechangelog/changelog.com/discussions/525) ! We discuss our CPU.fm changes in-depth, detail new Zulip / Neon integrations & put our Pipedream to the test. Oh, and a Gerhard surprise (of course)! [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455613-friends) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members save 8 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Sentry] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) – When your app breaks, fix it faster with Sentry Use the code CHANGELOG when you sign up to get $100 off the team plan. Learn more about what they shipped for [Launch Week] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) and [Session Replay for Mobile.] (https://docs.sentry.io/product/explore/session-replay/mobile/) --- [Coder.com] (https://coder.com/) – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. [Learn more at Coder.com] (https://coder.com/) --- [Eight Sleep] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) – Up to $600 off Pod 4 Ultra — Go to [eightsleep.com/changelog] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) and use the code CHANGELOG. You can try it for free for 30 days - but we’re confident you will not want to return it (we love ours). Once you experience AI-optimized sleep, you’ll wonder how you ever slept without it. Currently shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. --- [Wix Studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio) – Wix Sudio is for devs who build websites, sell apps, go headless, or manage clients. Integrate, extend and write custom scripts in a VS code-based IDE. Leverage zero set up dev, test and production environments. Ship faster with an AI code assistant. And work with Wix headless API’s on any tech stack. Featuring: ---Gerhard Lazu – [Website] (https://gerhard.io) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/gerhard) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerhardlazu) , [X] (https://x.com/gerhardlazu) ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) Show Notes: --- [Discussion #525: 🎧 Kaizen 17] (https://github.com/thechangelog/changelog.com/discussions/525) --- [iA Presenter] (https://ia.net/presenter) --- [A new era for the Changelog Podcast Universe] (https://changelog.com/posts/a-new-era-for-the-changelog-podcast-universe) ( [CPU.fm] (https://cpu.fm) ) --- [#533: Enable team members to replace changelog_dev with a prod db dump] (https://github.com/thechangelog/changelog.com/pull/533) --- [#534: Enable team members to run dev with a Neon db branch] (https://github.com/thechangelog/changelog.com/pull/534) --- [Get started with 1Password CLI] (https://developer.1password.com/docs/cli/get-started/) --- [thechangelog/pipedream] (https://github.com/thechangelog/pipedream) --- [Namespace – Accelerate your developer workflow] (https://namespace.so/) --- [Hurl - Run and Test HTTP Requests] (https://hurl.dev/) --- [vcr/vcr: Record and reply your test suite’s HTTP interactions] (https://github.com/vcr/vcr) --- [pipely.tech] (https://pipely.tech) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/friends/changelog--friends-73.md) ... Read more

13 Dec 2024

1 HR 44 MINS

1:44:05

13 Dec 2024


#831

Building the developer cloud (Interview)

Kurt Mackey is back for a deep dive into what it takes to build the developer cloud. Kurt joins Adam to discuss the alliance between companies and cloud, something Kurt refers to as the “Rebel Alliance,” cloud complexity vs usability, Fly’s future with Postgres and why they’ve waited, thoughts on Neon and Supabase (Kurt shares a hot take), and our CDN saga and plan to build a simple CDN on Fly called [Pipely] (https://pipely.tech) (still a [Pipedream] (https://github.com/thechangelog/pipedream) ). [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/456187-interviews) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members save 10 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Sentry] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) – When your app breaks, fix it faster with Sentry Use the code CHANGELOG when you sign up to get $100 off the team plan. Learn more about what they shipped for [Launch Week] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) and [Session Replay for Mobile.] (https://docs.sentry.io/product/explore/session-replay/mobile/) --- [Coder.com] (https://coder.com/) – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. [Learn more at Coder.com] (https://coder.com/) --- [Eight Sleep] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) – Up to $600 off Pod 4 Ultra — Go to [eightsleep.com/changelog] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) and use the code CHANGELOG. You can try it for free for 30 days - but we’re confident you will not want to return it (we love ours). Once you experience AI-optimized sleep, you’ll wonder how you ever slept without it. Currently shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. --- [Wix Studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio) – Wix Sudio is for devs who build websites, sell apps, go headless, or manage clients. Integrate, extend and write custom scripts in a VS code-based IDE. Leverage zero set up dev, test and production environments. Ship faster with an AI code assistant. And work with Wix headless API’s on any tech stack. Featuring: ---Kurt Mackey – [Website] (https://fly.io) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/mrkurt) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mrkurt) , [X] (https://x.com/mrkurt) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) Show Notes: --- [Founders Talk #80] (https://changelog.com/founderstalk/80) --- [Tigris] (https://www.tigrisdata.com) --- [Upstash] (https://upstash.com) --- [Supabase] (https://supabase.com) --- [Neon] (https://neon.tech) --- [Retool] (https://retool.com) --- [DHH shade on Fly] (https://x.com/dhh/status/1830329731692294255) --- [Percona] (https://www.percona.com) --- [vantage.sh/cloud-cost-report] (https://www.vantage.sh/cloud-cost-report) --- [Pipedream] (https://github.com/thechangelog/pipedream) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-621.md) ... Read more

12 Dec 2024

1 HR 35 MINS

1:35:34

12 Dec 2024


#830

A new era for the Changelog Podcast Universe (News)

We’re making some big Changelog changes in 2025, the previously featured Stanford study on ghost engineers doesn’t live up to the hype, Git ingest is a simple service that turns any GitHub repository into a simple text ingest of its codebase, Simon Willison dishes out some hard-earned wisdom he acquired by working at Lanyrd / Eventbrite & Matheus Lima warns us about six mistakes that new managers make. [View the newsletter] (https://changelog.com/news/124/email) [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455469-news) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. Featuring: ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ... Read more

09 Dec 2024

07 MINS

07:16

09 Dec 2024


#829

ShopTalk & Friends (Friends)

Chris Coyier and Dave Rupert join Adam and Jerod for a ShopTalk & Friends conversation on the viability of the web, making content, ads to support that content, Codepen’s future plans, books, side quests, and social networks devaluing links. [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455613-friends) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members get a bonus 11 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Sentry] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) – When your app breaks, fix it faster with Sentry Use the code CHANGELOG when you sign up to get $100 off the team plan. Learn more about what they shipped for [Launch Week] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) and [Session Replay for Mobile.] (https://docs.sentry.io/product/explore/session-replay/mobile/) --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. --- [Coder.com] (https://coder.com/) – Instantly launch fully configured cloud development environments (CDE) and make your first commit in minutes. No need to traverse README files or await onboarding queues. [Learn more at Coder.com] (https://coder.com/) --- [AssemblyAI] (https://www.assemblyai.com/?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=podcast) – Turn voice data into summaries with AssemblyAI’s leading Speech AI models. Built by AI experts, their Speech AI models include accurate speech-to-text for voice data (such as calls, virtual meetings, and podcasts), speaker detection, sentiment analysis, chapter detection, PII redaction, and more. Featuring: ---Chris Coyier – [Website] (https://chriscoyier.net/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/chriscoyier) , [X] (https://x.com/chriscoyier) ---Dave Rupert – [Website] (https://daverupert.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/davatron5000) , [X] (https://x.com/davatron5000) ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) Show Notes: Big news - [A new era for the Changelog Podcast Universe] (https://changelog.com/posts/a-new-era-for-the-changelog-podcast-universe) and [CPU.fm launches in 2025] (https://cpu.fm) . --- [ShopTalk Show] (https://shoptalkshow.com) --- [Codepen] (https://codepen.io/) --- [Number Flow] (https://number-flow.barvian.me/) --- [Dave’s bookshelf] (https://daverupert.com/bookshelf/) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/friends/changelog--friends-72.md) ... Read more

06 Dec 2024

1 HR 34 MINS

1:34:14

06 Dec 2024


#828

Hack Club takes to the High Seas (Interview)

Jerod is joined by Hack Clubber Acon, who is fresh off the GitHub Universe stage and ready to tell us all about [High Seas] (https://highseas.hackclub.com/) , a new initiative by Zach Latta and the Hack Club crew that’s incentivizing teens to build cool personal projects by giving away free stuff. [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/456187-interviews) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members save 9 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Sentry] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) – When your app breaks, fix it faster with Sentry Use the code CHANGELOG when you sign up to get $100 off the team plan. Learn more about what they shipped for [Launch Week] (https://sentry.io/events/launch-week/) and [Session Replay for Mobile.] (https://docs.sentry.io/product/explore/session-replay/mobile/) --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. --- [AssemblyAI] (https://www.assemblyai.com/?utm_source=changelog&utm_medium=podcast) – Turn voice data into summaries with AssemblyAI’s leading Speech AI models. Built by AI experts, their Speech AI models include accurate speech-to-text for voice data (such as calls, virtual meetings, and podcasts), speaker detection, sentiment analysis, chapter detection, PII redaction, and more. Featuring: ---Acon – [Website] (https://aconlin.com) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/acornitum) ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) Show Notes: --- [Leave us a voicemail for state of the “log”!] (https://changelog.fm/sotl) --- [How do you do, fellow Hack Clubbers? (Changelog Interviews #536)] (https://changelog.com/podcast/536) --- [High Seas | Hack Club] (https://highseas.hackclub.com/) --- [Apocalypse: Toronto’s zombified high school hackathon!] (https://apocalypse.hackclub.com/) --- [Celeste] (https://www.celestegame.com/) --- [Nitro Type | Competitive Typing Game | Race Your Friends] (https://www.nitrotype.com/) --- [Secret of Mana - Wikipedia] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_of_Mana) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-620.md) ... Read more

04 Dec 2024

49 MINS

49:24

04 Dec 2024


#827

If not React, then what? (News)

Alex Russell answers the question, “If not React, then what?” Csaba Okrona identifies four core problems that create and reinforce knowledge silos, Rob Koch’s Markwhen is like Markdown for timelines, Jeff Geerling is quite impressed by Apple’s latest iteration on the Mac mini & Sylvain Kerkour took the time to draw a comparison of Amazon’s O.G. S3 service with Cloudflare’s R2 competitor. [View the newsletter] (https://changelog.com/news/123/email) [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455469-news) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members get a bonus 6 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Sentry] (https://sentry.io/) – Code breaks, fix it faster. Use the code CHANGELOG when you sign up to get $100 off the team plan. Don’t just observe. Take action. Sentry is the only app monitoring platform built for developers that gets to the root cause for every issue. 100,000+ growing teams use sentry to find problems fast. Featuring: ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ... Read more

02 Dec 2024

07 MINS

07:33

02 Dec 2024


#826

Let's archive the web (Interview)

Nick Sweeting joins Adam and Jerod to talk about the importance of archiving digital content, his work on [ArchiveBox] (https://archivebox.io/) to make it easier, the challenges faced by Archive.org and the Wayback Machine, and the need for both centralized and distributed archiving solutions. [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/456187-interviews) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members get a bonus 5 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. --- [Timescale] (https://www.timescale.com) – Purpose-built performance for AI Build RAG, search, and AI agents on the cloud and with PostgreSQL and purpose-built extensions for AI: pgvector, pgvectorscale, and pgai. --- [Wix Studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio) – Wix Sudio is for devs who build websites, sell apps, go headless, or manage clients. Integrate, extend and write custom scripts in a VS code-based IDE. Leverage zero set up dev, test and production environments. Ship faster with an AI code assistant. And work with Wix headless API’s on any tech stack. --- [WorkOS] (https://workos.com) – AuthKit offers 1,000,000 monthly active users (MAU) free — The world’s best login box, powered by WorkOS + Radix. Learn more and get started at [WorkOS.com] (https://workos.com/) and [AuthKit.com] (https://www.authkit.com) Featuring: ---Nick Sweeting – [Website] (https://sweeting.me) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/pirate) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicksweeting) , [X] (https://x.com/thesquashSH) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) Show Notes: --- [ArchiveBox] (https://archivebox.io/) --- [ArchiveBox/abx-dl] (https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-dl) --- [ArchiveBox/abx-pkg] (https://github.com/ArchiveBox/abx-pkg) --- [So you want to build a social network?] (https://docs.sweeting.me/s/so-you-want-to-build-a-social-network) --- [The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case] (https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-loses-hachette-books-case-appeal/) --- [Hachette v. Internet Archive | Electronic Frontier Foundation] (https://www.eff.org/cases/hachette-v-internet-archive) --- [Fahrenheit 451 - Wikipedia] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451) --- [Winamp Skin Museum] (https://skins.webamp.org/) --- [Fiscal Sponsorship – Hack Club] (https://hackclub.com/fiscal-sponsorship/) --- [DigestBox] (http://digestbox.io) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-619.md) ... Read more

27 Nov 2024

1 HR 37 MINS

1:37:37

27 Nov 2024


#825

Waymos make bad neighbors (Changelog++ 🔐) (Friends)

Adam & Jerod hallway-track-it before our All Things Open interviews. We discuss the trend in rebooting old school vehicles, our likes & dislikes of EVs, the Hummer’s new crab walk, Tesla’s gambit & more (This episode is for [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) ears only.) [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455613-friends) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members get a bonus 34 minutes at the end of this episode and zero ads. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) – You love our content and you want to take it to the next level by showing your support. We’ll take you closer to the metal with extended episodes, make the ads disappear & more. It’s better! [Let’s do this] (https://changelog.com/++) Featuring: ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) Show Notes: --- [Changelog++ (It’s better!)] (https://changelog.com/++) --- [Scout Revival - YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DHe9X10QpY4) --- [“Push the Button” - YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Joa71AjfJqw) --- [Lidar - Wikipedia] (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar) --- [SUDDAR | Bobiverse Wiki] (https://bobiverse.fandom.com/wiki/SUDDAR) --- [Waymos make bad neighbors - YouTube] (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WGwVnVr9y2Y) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/friends/changelog--friends-plusplus-ato-2024.md) ... Read more

27 Nov 2024

05 MINS

05:20

27 Nov 2024


#824

Busting the ghost engineers (0.1x-ers) (News)

Ben Affleck’s take on AI replacing actors, Stanford researcher (Yegor Denisov-Blanch) busts the ghost engineers, Electrobun takes a crack at Electron apps, April King opens up a cookies can of worms, John Arundel thinks many of us are making a career ending mistake & Typogram’s CodingFont.com is like Zoolander’s Walk Off but for coding fonts. [View the newsletter] (https://changelog.com/news/122/email) [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455469-news) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members save 1 minute on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. Featuring: ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ... Read more

25 Nov 2024

08 MINS

08:00

25 Nov 2024


#823

Local-first, y/n? (Friends)

Our friends Johannes Schickling & James Long join us to discuss the movement of local-first, its pros and cons, the tradeoffs, and the path to the warming waters of mostly local apps. [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455613-friends) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members save 11 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. --- [Timescale] (https://www.timescale.com) – Purpose-built performance for AI Build RAG, search, and AI agents on the cloud and with PostgreSQL and purpose-built extensions for AI: pgvector, pgvectorscale, and pgai. --- [Eight Sleep] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) – Up to $600 off Pod 4 Ultra — Go to [eightsleep.com/changelog] (https://www.eightsleep.com/changelog) and use the code CHANGELOG. You can try it for free for 30 days - but we’re confident you will not want to return it (we love ours). Once you experience AI-optimized sleep, you’ll wonder how you ever slept without it. Currently shipping to: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Europe, and Australia. --- [WorkOS] (https://workos.com) – AuthKit offers 1,000,000 monthly active users (MAU) free — The world’s best login box, powered by WorkOS + Radix. Learn more and get started at [WorkOS.com] (https://workos.com/) and [AuthKit.com] (https://www.authkit.com) Featuring: ---Johannes Schickling – [GitHub] (https://github.com/schickling) , [X] (https://x.com/schickling) ---James Long – [Website] (http://jlongster.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/jlongster) , [X] (https://x.com/jlongster) ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) Show Notes: --- [James’ local-first post] (https://x.com/jlongster/status/1851261217580466491) --- [Bear - Markdown Notes] (https://bear.app/) --- [livestorejs · GitHub] (https://github.com/livestorejs/) --- [ElectricSQL | Postgres sync engine] (https://electric-sql.com/) --- [Overtone] (https://overtone.pro/) --- [Zero Sync] (https://zero.rocicorp.dev/) --- [Automerge CRDT] (https://automerge.org/) --- [Jazz - Build local-first apps] (https://jazz.tools/) --- [localfirst.fm] (https://www.localfirst.fm/) --- [Ink & Switch define “Local-first software”] (https://www.inkandswitch.com/local-first/) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/friends/changelog--friends-71.md) ... Read more

22 Nov 2024

1 HR 33 MINS

1:33:40

22 Nov 2024


#822

Two tickets for Departure, please (Interview)

Today we’re joined by a dynamic duo, Helena Zhang & Tobias Fried, who team up on all sorts of digital passion projects. This includes the wildly popular [Phosphor Icons] (https://phosphoricons.com/) plus their latest joint, [Departure Mono] (https://departuremono.com/) , a monospaced pixel font with a lo-fi technical vibe… that both Adam & Jerod are pretty much in love with. We discuss their tastes & inspirations, how they collab, making money on passion projects like these, velvet ropes & so much more. [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/456187-interviews) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members save 10 minutes on this episode because they made the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Fly.io] (https://fly.io/) – The home of Changelog.com — Deploy your apps close to your users — global Anycast load-balancing, zero-configuration private networking, hardware isolation, and instant WireGuard VPN connections. Push-button deployments that scale to thousands of instances. [Check out the speedrun] (https://fly.io/speedrun/) to get started in minutes. --- [Timescale] (https://www.timescale.com) – Purpose-built performance for AI Build RAG, search, and AI agents on the cloud and with PostgreSQL and purpose-built extensions for AI: pgvector, pgvectorscale, and pgai. --- [Wix Studio] (https://www.wix.com/studio) – Wix Sudio is for devs who build websites, sell apps, go headless, or manage clients. Integrate, extend and write custom scripts in a VS code-based IDE. Leverage zero set up dev, test and production environments. Ship faster with an AI code assistant. And work with Wix headless API’s on any tech stack. --- [WorkOS] (https://workos.com) – A platform that gives developers a set of building blocks for quickly adding enterprise-ready features to their application. Add Single Sign-On (Okta, Azure, Google, Microsoft OAuth), sync users from any SCIM directory, HRIS integration, audit trails (SIEM), free magic link sign-in. WorkOS is designed for developers and offers a single, elegant interface that abstracts dozens of enterprise integrations. Learn more and get started at [WorkOS.com] (https://workos.com/) Featuring: ---Helena Zhang – [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zhanghelena) , [Mastodon] (https://typo.social/@minoraxis) , [X] (https://x.com/minor_axis) ---Tobias Fried – [Website] (https://tobiasfried.com) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/rektdeckard) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobiasfried) , [Mastodon] (https://hachyderm.io/@rektdeckard) , [X] (https://x.com/friedtm) ---Adam Stacoviak – [Website] (https://adamstacoviak.com/) , [GitHub] (https://github.com/adamstac) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamstacoviak) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@adam) , [X] (https://x.com/adamstac) ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) Show Notes: Project sites --- [Departure Mono] (https://departuremono.com/) --- [Phosphor Icons] (https://phosphoricons.com/) Fonts mentioned --- [Iosevka] (https://typeof.net/Iosevka/) --- [Berkeley Mono] (https://berkeleygraphics.com/typefaces/berkeley-mono/) --- [Commit Mono] (https://commitmono.com/) --- [IBM Plex] (https://www.ibm.com/plex/) --- [Unifont] (https://unifoundry.com/unifont/) Other cool stuff --- [A great library of old PC fonts] (https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/fontlist/) --- [Somebody made the game from Severance!] (https://lumon-industries.com) Something missing or broken? [PRs welcome!] (https://github.com/thechangelog/show-notes/blob/master/podcast/the-changelog-618.md) ... Read more

20 Nov 2024

1 HR 47 MINS

1:47:32

20 Nov 2024


#821

AI makes tech debt more expensive (News)

Evan Doyle says AI makes tech debt more expensive, Hunter Ng researches the ghost job ad phenomenon, Gavin Anderegg analyzes Bluesky in light of its recent success, Martin Tournoij rants against best practices & Evan Schwartz tells us why he thinks binary vector embeddings are so cool. [View the newsletter] (https://changelog.com/news/121/email) [Join the discussion] (https://changelog.zulipchat.com/#narrow/stream/455469-news) [Changelog++] (https://changelog.com/++) members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today! Sponsors: --- [Sentry] (https://sentry.io/) – Code breaks, fix it faster. Use the code CHANGELOG when you sign up to get $100 off the team plan. Don’t just observe. Take action. Sentry is the only app monitoring platform built for developers that gets to the root cause for every issue. 100,000+ growing teams use sentry to find problems fast. Featuring: ---Jerod Santo – [GitHub] (https://github.com/jerodsanto) , [LinkedIn] (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerodsanto) , [Mastodon] (https://changelog.social/@jerod) , [X] (https://x.com/jerodsanto) ... Read more

18 Nov 2024

08 MINS

08:59

18 Nov 2024