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Mikeal Rogers, Alex Sexton, and Jessica Lord talk with James Snell (Node.js TSC Director) about the release of Node.js version 8. Then, in the second half of the show, we discuss Glitch and their new “raise your hand” feature and building a community around education. Our project of the week is Tad! Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Sentry – Get 30 days free when you sign up with the code jsparty. Error reporting and notifications for JavaScript apps and the rest of your stack. Start tracking errors for free. Support for React, Angular, Ember, Vue, Backbone, and Node frameworks like Express and Koa. Toptal – Hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction. Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Fastly – Our bandwidth partner. Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Featuring:James Snell – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, XMikeal Rogers – GitHub, XAlex Sexton – Website, GitHub, XJessica Lord – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:Node v8.0.0 Node v8.0.0 (Current) What’s New in Node 8 Node.js 8: Big Improvements for the Debugging and Native Module Ecosystem Upgrading from Node 6 to Node 8: a real-world performance comparison Node.js 8: The First Week Glitch - “raise your hand” feature Just raise your hand: How Glitch helps Project of the Week Tad Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

This week we take you behind the scenes of the new infrastructure for Changelog.com and talk with Gerhard Lazu. We relaunched the new brand and site for Changelog on Phoenix/Elixir in October of 2016 and we needed a better way to reliably host and deploy the site. That’s where Gerhard came in. We cover all the details and decisions in this show. 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. Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Sentry – Get 30 days free when you sign up with the code changelog. Error reporting and notifications for JavaScript apps and the rest of your stack. Start tracking errors for free. Support for React, Angular, Ember, Vue, Backbone, and Node frameworks like Express and Koa. Hired – Get hired. It’s free — in fact, they pay you to get hired. Our listeners get a double hiring bonus of $600. Microsoft Azure OpenDev – See what’s possible with open source in the cloud. Watch the recorded videos from this live event to see real-world demonstrations of Azure supporting open technologies. Hear from leaders in the open source community. Learn how you can build containerized microservices and improve your open source DevOps pipeline. Featuring:Gerhard Lazu – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: Gerhard guest blogged for us about Ansible and Docker way back in the day (Feb 21, 2014) Jerod found edeliver which was based on deliver a pure bash deployment tool with customisable strategies Gerhard gave a talk about the process ci.changelog.com thechangelog/changelog.com thechangelog/infrastructure Pivotal Tracker Concourse CI LastPass Ansible Docker Moby Project: Advancing the Containerization Movement Also ~> check out this tweet from Solomon Hykes Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

We talked with Pam Selle at OSCON about the serverless revolution happening for JavaScript developers. This episode kicks off our mini-series from the Expo Hall floor at OSCON 2017. 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! Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Toptal – Hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction. Microsoft Azure OpenDev – a live one-day virtual conference (free) on June 21, 2017 focused on showcasing open source technologies on Azure. See what’s possible with open source in the cloud. OSCON – O’Reilly’s Open Source Convention combines the experience of the open source community with ideas and strategies for using open source tools and technologies. There’s no event quite like OSCON! When registration opens — save 20% on most passes by using the code CHANGELOG20 when you register. Featuring:Pam Selle – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Pam is the Software Engineering Lead at IOpipe, a high fidelity metrics and monitoring service which allows you to see inside Amazon Lambda functions for better insights into the daily operations and development of serverless applications. The serverless revolution for JavaScript developers at OSCON 2017 by Pam Selle Serverless Framework Turing-incomplete The Changelog #173: CROSSOVER — Turing-Incomplete with Pam Selle, Jearvon Dharrie, and Justin Campbell Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Evan You joined the show to talk about his work on Vue.js. We learn how Evan found users and got Vue.js off the ground, the details behind their crowdfunding on Patreon, whether or not crowdfunding is a viable method of sustaining open source, finding balance in life and work, and plans for funding beyond the Patreon campaign. 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! Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Hired – Get hired. It’s free — in fact, they pay you to get hired. Our listeners get a double hiring bonus of $600. Fastly – Our bandwidth partner! Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Featuring:Evan You – Website, GitHub, XNadia Eghbal – GitHub, XMikeal Rogers – GitHub, XShow Notes:Season 2 has begun! Evan You is the creator of Vue, a popular progressive JavaScript framework. He works on Vue full time with the funding from its Patreon campaign. He previously worked at Google and Meteor. Vue.js - The progressive JavaScript framework VueConf - The first official Vue.js conference in the world! Vue.js on Patreon Babel - Use next generation JavaScript, today. Henry Zhu - Stay tuned to hear from Henry later on in season 2 Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Ramya Achutha Rao joined the show to talk about all the things that make VS Code a great editor for writing Go, getting help from the community, plus other interesting Go projects and news. 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. Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Fastly – Our bandwidth partner! Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Toptal – Hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction. Featuring:Ramya Rao – GitHub, XErik St. Martin – GitHub, XCarlisia Campos – GitHub, LinkedIn, Bluesky, XJohnny Boursiquot – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:Visual Studio Code (latest version notes) vscode-go VS Code Insiders vscode-go wiki Ramya on GitHub Interesting Go Projects and News Neovim GUI written in Go Draft: Streamlined Kubernetes Development GopherCon SG videos released Gophercon Lightning Talks Higher Performance Go with Go Assembly from FOSDEM Justforfunc episode “a Text to Speech server with gRPC and Kubernetes” “…people can change. And if you do it right, you get to watch it happen.” “I bled to get here. I have the scars to prove it.” Kelsey Hightower’s very vulnerable keynote speech at DevOps Days Austin Free Software Friday! Each week on the show we give a shout out to an open source project or community (or maintainer) that’s made an impact in our day to day developer lives. Carlisia - JBD (see also: Go Time #22 w/ JBD) Johnny - q - Quick and dirty debugging output for tired Go programmers Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Mikeal Rogers, Rachel White, and Alex Sexton talk with Rebecca Turner and Kat Marchán about npm@5 and Jessica Lord about Sheetsee. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Sentry – Get 30 days free when you sign up with the code changelog. Error reporting and notifications for JavaScript apps and the rest of your stack. Start tracking errors for free. Support for React, Angular, Ember, Vue, Backbone, and Node frameworks like Express and Koa. Hired – Get hired. It’s free — in fact, they pay you to get hired. Our listeners get a double hiring bonus of $600. Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Fastly – Our bandwidth partner! Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Featuring:Rebecca Turner – Website, GitHub, XKat Marchán – GitHub, XJessica Lord – Website, GitHub, XMikeal Rogers – GitHub, XRachel White – GitHub, XAlex Sexton – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:npm@5 npm v5.0.0 cacache - a Node.js library for managing local key and content address caches. It’s really fast. Sheetsee Sheetsee - a client-side library for connecting Google Spreadsheets to a website and visualizing the information in tables and maps. Sheetsee on Glitch - a sample Sheetsee site with data backup Picks! chaosbot/chaos - a social coding experiment that updates its own code democratically. babel/babili - ES6+ aware minifier based on the Babel toolchain. zeit/pkg - package your Node.js project into an executabl Medieval Fantasy City Generator Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

On Friday, June 2, 2017 – GitHub announced the details of their Open Source Survey – an open data set on the open source community for researchers and the curious. Frannie Zlotnick, Nadia Eghbal, and Mikeal Rogers joined the show to talk through the backstory and key insights of this open data project which sheds light on the broader open source community’s attitudes, experiences, and backgrounds of those who use, build, and maintain open source software. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Sentry – Get 30 days free when you sign up with the code changelog. Error reporting and notifications for JavaScript apps and the rest of your stack. Start tracking errors for free. Support for React, Angular, Ember, Vue, Backbone, and Node frameworks like Express and Koa. Toptal – Hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction. GoCD – GoCD is an on-premise open source continuous delivery server created by ThoughtWorks that lets you automate and streamline your build-test-release cycle for reliable, continuous delivery of your product. Microsoft Azure OpenDev – a live one-day virtual conference on June 21, 2017 focused on showcasing open source technologies on Azure. See what’s possible with open source in the cloud. Learn how you can build containerized microservices and improve your open source DevOps pipeline. Participate in Q&A sessions, and get hands-on experience with open source technologies on Azure. Featuring:Nadia Eghbal – GitHub, XFrannie Zlotnick – GitHubAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XMikeal Rogers – GitHub, XShow Notes: opensourcesurvey.org github/open-source-survey GitHub Blog: Announcing an open data set on the open source community Spotlight #10: How China Does Node with Shiya Luo at Node.js Interactive 2016 Oh, and here’s that Wired article Mikeal mentioned Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Alexander Neumann joined the show to talk about using Go to write backup software, solving tough problems like deduplication, scratching your own itch, and other interesting Go projects and news. 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. Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Fastly – Our bandwidth partner! Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Toptal – Hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction. Featuring:Alexander Neumann – Website, GitHub, XErik St. Martin – GitHub, XBrian Ketelsen – GitHub, XAshley Willis – GitHub, XShow Notes:Restic - Backups done right! Chunker - Implementation of Content Defined Chunking (CDC) in Go Interesting Go Projects and News GopherFest 2017 Videos Go 1.8.3 released Francesc - State of Go “…people can change. And if you do it right, you get to watch it happen.” | “I bled to get here. I have the scars to prove it.” Kelsey Hightower’s very vulnerable keynote speech at DevOps Days Austin Free Software Friday! Each week on the show we give a shout out to an open source project or community (or maintainer) that’s made an impact in our day to day developer lives. Ashley - Kelsey Hightower Erik - Brendan Gregg Brian - barista (i3 status bar written in Go!) Alex - rofi + rofi-pass Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Mikeal Rogers, Rachel White, and Alex Sexton discuss how they’re using ES6/7 with and without a compiler, updates to create-react-app, and the beloved Electron. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Sentry – Get 30 days free when you sign up with the code jsparty. Error reporting and notifications for JavaScript apps and the rest of your stack. Start tracking errors for free. Support for React, Angular, Ember, Vue, Backbone, and Node frameworks like Express and Koa. Toptal – Hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction. Linode – Our cloud server of choice. Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Fastly – Our bandwidth partner! Fastly powers fast, secure, and scalable digital experiences. Move beyond your content delivery network to their powerful edge cloud platform. Featuring:Mikeal Rogers – GitHub, XRachel White – GitHub, XAlex Sexton – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:Topics Using new JavaScript language features in ES6 and ES7 with and without a compiler Updates to create-react-app Electron - Build cross platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS Picks Webpack 2 (Alex Sexton) Immutable data structures for functional JS by Anjana Vakil at JSConf EU 2017 (Rachel White) (Book) Hackers: Heroes of the Computer Revolution (Mikeal Rogers) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Matt Biilman and Chris Bach joined the show to talk about JAMstack, Netlify CMS, how open source drives standards, and 10x-ing the speed of Smashing Magazine. 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! Get one of the fastest, most efficient SSD cloud servers for only $5/mo. Use the code changelog2017 to get 4 months free! Toptal – Hire the top freelance software developers, designers, and finance experts with Toptal. Email adam@changelog.com for a personal introduction. GoCD – GoCD is an on-premise open source continuous delivery server created by ThoughtWorks that lets you automate and streamline your build-test-release cycle for reliable, continuous delivery of your product. Featuring:Matt Biilmann – Website, GitHub, XChris Bach – Website, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes: JAMstack (JavaScript, APIs, and Markup) is a new way of building websites and apps that delivers better performance, higher security, lower cost of scaling, and a better developer experience. Netlify CMS is an open-source CMS built with JAMstack principles designed around a fully Git workflow. Smashing Magazine just got 10x faster Meet The Next Smashing Magazine Why Static Site Generators Are The Next Big Thing next.smashingmagazine.com Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!