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SpaCy is awesome for NLP! It’s easy to use, has widespread adoption, is open source, and integrates the latest language models. Ines Montani and Matthew Honnibal (core developers of spaCy and co-founders of Explosion) join us to discuss the history of the project, its capabilities, and the latest trends in NLP. We also dig into the practicalities of taking NLP workflows to production. You don’t want to miss this episode! Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Ines Montani – GitHub, XMatthew Honnibal – GitHub, XChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: SpaCy Advanced NLP with SpaCy course Thinc Explosion AI Prodigy Fast.ai Machine learning yearning Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

David Cramer joined the show to talk about the recent license change of Sentry to the Business Source License from a BSD 3-clause license. We talk about the details that triggered this change, the specifics of the BSL license and its required parameters, the threat to commercial open source products like Sentry, his concerns for the “open core” model, and what the future of open source might look like in light of protections-oriented source-available licenses like the BSL becoming more common. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Deploy a fast, efficient, native SSD cloud server for only $5/month. Get 4 months free using the code changelog2019. Start your server - head to linode.com/changelog. GitPrime – GitPrime helps software teams accelerate their velocity and release products faster by turning historical git data into easy to understand insights and reports. Ship faster because you know more. Not because you’re rushing. Learn more at gitprime.com/changelog. Beginning Machine Learning with TensorFlow.js – Get an introduction to the world of Machine Learning with Javascript and TensorFlow.js. This is a three-week course covering an introduction to Machine Learning models, tensors, and the TensorFlow.js framework. Use the code CHANGELOG to get $100 till the end of 2019. Square – The Square developer team just launched their new developer YouTube channel. Head to youtube.com/squaredev or search for “Square Developer” on YouTube to learn more and subscribe. Featuring:David Cramer – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Re-licensing Sentry + Hacker News comments Re-licensing Sentry - FAQ & Discussion https://github.com/getsentry/sentry/commit/ca8674c533a0dffc48a177554479bb85fa05891b Why We’re Relicensing CockroachDB Bruce Perns on the Business Source License Business Source License 1.1 Adopting and Developing BSL Software The Changelog #278: Blockchains and Databases at OSCON with Monty Widenius, Brian Behlendorf, and Tague Griffith Adam Jacob on The Changelog OSI licenses Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

KBall connects with Katie Sylor-Miller to talk about migrating OhShitGit to the JAMStack, migrating legacy codebases to modern front-end technologies, and design systems. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Katie Sylor-Miller – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XKevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XShow Notes: OhShitGit Eleventy Netlify Branch Previews Next.js Hypernova Design Systems Handbook Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

GANs are at the center of AI hype. However, they are also starting to be extremely practical and be used to develop solutions to real problems. Jakub Langr and Vladimir Bok join us for a deep dive into GANs and their application. We discuss the basics of GANs, their various flavors, and open research problems. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:DigitalOcean – The simplest cloud platform for developers and teams Whether you’re running one virtual machine or ten thousand, makes managing your infrastructure too easy. Get started for free with a $50 credit. Learn more at do.co/changelog. The Brave Browser – Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari, block ads and trackers by default, and reward your favorite creators with the built-in Basic Attention Token. Download Brave for free and give tipping a try right here on changelog.com. Featuring:Jakub Langr – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XVladimir Bok – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: Ian Goodfellow NeurIPS paper 2014 GAN TTS Books “GANs in Action” by Jakub Langr and Vladimir Bok Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Devon Zuegel is an Open Source Product Manager at GitHub. She’s also one of the key people responsible for making GitHub Sponsors a thing. We talk with Devon about how she came to GitHub to develop GitHub Sponsors, the months of research she did to learn how to best solve the sustainability problem of open source, why GitHub is now addressing this issue, the various ways and models of addressing maintainers’ financial needs, and Devon also shared what’s in store for the future of GitHub Sponsors. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Deploy a fast, efficient, native SSD cloud server for only $5/month. Get 4 months free using the code changelog2019. Start your server - head to linode.com/changelog. GitPrime – GitPrime helps software teams accelerate their velocity and release products faster by turning historical git data into easy to understand insights and reports. Ship faster because you know more. Not because you’re rushing. Learn more at gitprime.com/changelog. Retool – Retool makes it super simple to build back-office apps in hours, not days. The tool is is built by engineers, explicitly for engineers. Learn more and try it for free at retool.com/changelog Square – The Square developer team just launched their new developer YouTube channel. Head to youtube.com/squaredev or search for “Square Developer” on YouTube to learn more and subscribe. Featuring:Devon Zuegel – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Feross Aboukhadijeh on GitHub Sponsor your favorite open source contributors directly on GitHub GitHub Universe 2019 TL;DR Daniel Stenberg on GitHub curl/curl on GitHub curl’s FUNDING.yml Become a sponsor to curl GitHub Explore Open Collective BackYourStack CodeFund Hope in Source Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

This week we chatted with Kahlil Lechelt about mentorship. What types of mentorships are there, what makes a successful mentorship, and where can you find a mentor? Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Rollbar – We move fast and fix things because of Rollbar. Resolve errors in minutes. Deploy with confidence. Learn more at rollbar.com/changelog. DigitalOcean – The simplest cloud platform for developers and teams Whether you’re running one virtual machine or ten thousand, makes managing your infrastructure too easy. Get started for free with a $50 credit. Learn more at do.co/changelog. Retool – Retool makes it super simple to build back-office apps in hours, not days. The tool is is built by engineers, explicitly for engineers. Learn more and try it for free at retool.com/changelog Featuring:Kahlil Lechelt – Website, GitHub, XEmma Bostian – GitHub, LinkedIn, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Paul Irish 10 Things I Learned from the jQuery Source Addy Osmani Wes Bos Coding Coach Coding Coach Guidelines Chakra UI React Spring Level Up Tutorials Lottie MoScoW Method Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Mireille and Adam discuss empathy, respect, and compassion and the role each of these interpersonal constructs play in strengthening our relationships, both personally and professionally. What exactly is empathy, respect, and compassion? What are key indicator lights to be aware of when any of them are lacking or off-kilter? We also discuss Dr. John Gottman’s research on “The Four Horsemen” in relationships. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Mireille Reece, PsyD – LinkedInAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Respect, empathy, and compassion as multiple parts of a system: We need understanding or respect for others. Respect means I don’t have to have experienced what someone else has in order for it to be true. We use empathy to “see” things from another’s perspective, not my perspective of their perspective. Compassion as “suffering with” others – holding the awareness of another’s experience and coming alongside them. This results in action not simply knowledge. INQUIRE about others’ experience – instead of telling someone how they should feel or think YOU can ask questions to improve the clarity of YOUR understanding of THEIR experience. This is a way in which we can “build” our skill in terms of having empathy for others. Seek to understand, not judge. Have REGARD for others’ experiences – this is evidence of respect. It is easy to use ourselves to make sense of what we don’t know; therefore, we need to learn how to consider the direction of the “lens” we use. Collaboration as a key component of respect and empathy. How do we make sense of others’ perspectives or experiences? Challenges with feedback from others: Invalidation ==> telling someone that they shouldn’t feel or think what they do, in fact, think or feel. We are apt to struggle with an undercurrent of distrust in one’s self when we get feedback like this from others. Indicator lights of having difficulty giving respect, empathy, or compassion with ourselves and others. Arguing or poor communication Depression (cognitive rigidity) Guilt as reflection of giving something I don’t have to give or not giving someone what they want Anxiety (chaos) We can acquire and cultivate the skills of respect, empathy, and compassion. We don’t improve any skill we don’t practice. How can we do things differently relationally? Create clear expectations for ourselves and others. Use clarity to help manage these differently Co-operate with others Dr. John Gottman’s 4 horsemen in (marital/couple) relationships: Criticism - negative judgments in absolute terms Defensiveness - avoiding responsibility or blaming others Contempt - a fundamental sense of disrespect, ridicule or disgust. Name calling – erodes the fabric of a relationship. (ex. mean-spirited sarcasm or eye rolling) **This is the most problematic in a relationship. Stonewalling - putting a wall between you and your partner Being able to identify the Four Horsemen in your conflict discussions is a necessary first step to eliminating them, but this knowledge is not enough. To drive away destructive communication and conflict patterns, you must replace them with healthy, productive ones. Fortunately, each horseman has a proven positive behavior that will counteract negativity. This infographic highlights some of Dr. John Gottman’s most notable research findings on marriage and couple relationships. What’s a good action plan for change? Self-awareness is key place to start. Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Mat, Johnny, and Jaana are joined by Francesc Campoy to talk about Graph databases. We ask all the important questions — What are graph databases (and why do we need them)? What advantages do they have over relational databases? Are graph databases better at answering questions you didn’t anticipate? How is data structured? How do queries work? What problems are they good at solving? What problems are they not suitable for? And…since we had Francesc on the hot seat, we asked him about Just for Func and when it’s coming back. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:DigitalOcean – The simplest cloud platform for developers and teams Whether you’re running one virtual machine or ten thousand, makes managing your infrastructure too easy. Get started for free with a $50 credit. Learn more at do.co/changelog. Retool – Retool makes it super simple to build back-office apps in hours, not days. The tool is is built by engineers, explicitly for engineers. Learn more and try it for free at retool.com/changelog GoCD + Kubernetes – With GoCD running on Kubernetes, you define your build workflow and let GoCD provision and scale build infrastructure on the fly. GoCD installs as a Kubernetes native application. Scale your build infrastructure elastically. Learn more at gocd.org/kubernetes Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com. Featuring:Francesc Campoy – Website, GitHub, XJaana Dogan – Website, GitHub, XJohnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, XMat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, XShow Notes: Badger: A fast key-value store written purely in Go Just For Func Neo4j Graph DB GraphQL Ristretto Dgraph Dgraph Graph DB FOSDEM Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Streamlit recently burst onto the scene with their intuitive, open source solution for building custom ML/AI tools. It allows data scientists and ML engineers to rapidly build internal or external UIs without spending time on frontend development. In this episode, Adrien Treuille joins us to discuss ML/AI app development in general and Streamlit. We talk about the practicalities of working with Streamlit along with its seemingly instant adoption by AI2, Stripe, Stitch Fix, Uber, and Twitter. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:DigitalOcean – The simplest cloud platform for developers and teams Whether you’re running one virtual machine or ten thousand, makes managing your infrastructure too easy. Get started for free with a $50 credit. Learn more at do.co/changelog. AI Demystified (FREE five-day mini-course) – Get an introduction to the most important concepts, types, and business applications for AI and Machine Learning. This course is 100% free. The Brave Browser – Browse the web up to 8x faster than Chrome and Safari, block ads and trackers by default, and reward your favorite creators with the built-in Basic Attention Token. Download Brave for free and give tipping a try right here on changelog.com. Featuring:Adrien Treuille – LinkedIn, XChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: Eterna Game Streamlit Streamlit articles Awesome Streamlit R Shiny Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Thorsten Ball and Tim Raymond join Mat Ryer and Mark Bates to talk about compilers and interpreters. What are the roles of compilers and interpreters? What do they do? The how and why of writing a compiler in Go. We also talk about Thorsten’s books “Writing an Interpreter in Go” and “Writing a Compiler in Go.” Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:DigitalOcean – The simplest cloud platform for developers and teams Whether you’re running one virtual machine or ten thousand, makes managing your infrastructure too easy. Get started for free with a $50 credit. Learn more at do.co/changelog. strongDM – Manage access to any database, server, and environment. strongDM makes it easy for DevOps to enforce the controls InfoSec teams require. GoCD + Kubernetes – With GoCD running on Kubernetes, you define your build workflow and let GoCD provision and scale build infrastructure on the fly. GoCD installs as a Kubernetes native application. Scale your build infrastructure elastically. Learn more at gocd.org/kubernetes Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Learn more at fastly.com. Featuring:Thorsten Ball – Website, GitHub, XTim Raymond – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XMat Ryer – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, XMark Bates – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes: Writing an Interpreter in Go Writing a Compiler in Go Plush Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!