Eric Anderson (@ericmander) chats with Sven Efftinge (@svenefftinge), Christian Weichel (@csweichel) and Gero Posmyk-Leinemann (Github: @geropl) about their work on Gitpod, an open-source Kubernetes application that allows engineers to spin up a server-side dev-environment from a Git repository, all within their browser. The three team members are part of TypeFox, a consulting firm that specialized in developer tools for different companies before branching out into open-source projects. Upon Gero’s hiring at TypeFox, he was tasked with creating a minimum viable product for the idea that would eventually become Gitpod. Tune in to hear how shifting from consulting to working on their own open-source projects was a breath of fresh air for the developers at TypeFox.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Gitpod solves the problem of switching between multiple dev environments, and improves deep code review
• The trap that many open-source founders fall into
• Why TypeFox wanted to switch from a consulting firm to a product shop
• Details on how Gitpod handles licensing
• Learn how you can instantly try out a Gitpod environment for any existing Github repository

Links:

• Gitpod
• TypeFox
• Theia
• Kubernetes

People mentioned:

• Anton Kosyakov (@akosyakov)
• Sid Sijbrandij (@sytses)