Changelog News
Developer news worth your attention. Brief, entertaining & always on point. The software world moves fast. Keep up the easy way with Changelog News. Every Monday, Jerod Santo brings you the software news you absolutely need to know about, without the fluff.
Latest episodes
Jun 3, 2024 • 10min
Yet another open source rug pull
Guests discuss a rogue iOS authenticator app, Andreas Kling forks Ladybird from SerenityOS, Vhyrro explores static effect systems in programming, Matt Bessey criticizes GraphQL, and Marc-Andre Giroux still sees value in GraphQL in specific contexts.
May 28, 2024 • 9min
Why you shouldn't use AI to write your tests
Jordan Cutler shares a real-life experience of writing clear code and it backfiring, Swizec’s caution against using AI for test writing, LlamaFs self-organizing file system, Pew Research on broken internet links, Sam Rose's study on queuing strategies
May 20, 2024 • 7min
Kyle explains "Legacy Software" to the aliens
Taylor Troesh writes Kyle explaining 'Legacy Software' to the aliens, Vitaly Friedman addresses why designers feel misunderstood, hackers discover how to reprogram NES Tetris, and Oracle switches from Terraform to OpenTofu.
May 13, 2024 • 7min
Avoiding the soft delete anti-pattern
Tim Fisken explains why soft deletion is a problem, proposes a new software dependency freshness measure, discusses sound design in software, a web app with 80+ developer tools, and Luke Plant emphasizes the importance of programming mantras as guiding principles.
May 6, 2024 • 8min
Why your framework doesn't matter
Guests discuss why your web framework doesn't matter, programming as a thinking process, the value of small language models, and exploring diverse perspectives on HTMX and DevOps tools in the tech sector.
Apr 29, 2024 • 8min
Good ideas in computer science
Daniel Hooper lists out all the good ideas in computer science, Jeff Geerling declares 2024 the year corporate open source dies, Jared Turner says all kinds of works-in-progress are waste, Daroc Alden covers the leadership crisis in the Nix community & John Hawthorn explains why Ruby may be faster than you think.
Apr 22, 2024 • 10min
The threat to open source comes from within
Forrest Brazeal discusses the open source threat, Vicki Boykis explains Redis forks, John O’Nolan plans ActivityPub federation. They cover challenges facing OSS firms, advantages of Fire Hydrant in incident management, LAMA 3 release comparison, and productivity tips.
Apr 15, 2024 • 7min
Devin's Upwork "side hustle" exposed
AI 'software engineer' Devin's Upwork deception debunked, Redka reimagines Redis with SQLite, OpenTofu responds to Cease and Desist, Brian LeRoux introduces Enhance WASM, PumpkinOS doesn't fit the norm
Apr 8, 2024 • 9min
HashiCorp strikes back
HashiCorp clashes with OpenTofu over code similarities, introducing Polar platform. Discussion on challenges of microservices, release of Common Corpus for LLM data, and Loki for fact verification.
Apr 1, 2024 • 10min
Who in the world is Jia Tan?
Discover the backdoor in LibLZMA affecting OpenSSH, supply chain attack targeting XZ, mysterious GitHub user Gia Tan, struggles of project maintainers finding successors, and unsustainable small OSS libraries.
