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Jul 26, 2024 • 1h 32min
The BSOD CrowdStrikes back (Changelog & Friends #54)
Robert Ross joins us in CrowdStrike’s wake to dissect the largest outage in the history of information technology… and what it means for the future of the (software) world.
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Featuring:Robert Ross – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:
Inside the 78 minutes that took down millions of Windows machines
How the CrowdStrike outage unfolded — a timeline
Nick Burns, Your Company’s Computer Guy
Real men test in production… The truth about the CrowdStrike disaster
No More Blue Fridays
House committee calls on CrowdStrike CEO to testify on global outage
CrowdStrike CEO called to testify to Congress over cybersecurity’s firm role in global tech outage
Beyond the Headlines: The Unsung Art of Software Outage Management
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jul 25, 2024 • 1h 21min
Going flat with ESLint (JS Party #332)
Josh Goldberg joins Nick & Chris to discuss the latest updates from ESLint, typescript-eslint & the new flat config format. They also discuss creating reusable configs & project generators before pivoting to talk about a new conference focused on developer tooling. Finally, Chris & Josh talk about the past, present & future of Mocha.
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Featuring:Josh Goldberg – GitHub, XNick Nisi – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, XChristopher Hiller – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, XShow Notes:
ESLint’s new config system
Announcing typescript-eslint v8 Beta
dprint
Yeoman
Squiggle Conf
eslint-plugin-eslint-comments
JavaScript’s with keyword
Mocha
eslint-nibble
create-typescript-app
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jul 24, 2024 • 1h 40min
The man behind the Sandwich (Changelog Interviews #601)
Adam Lisagor (Sandwich Video founder) takes us behind the Sandwich to share his insights into the importance of storytelling in the tech industry, the value of helping Founders communicate their stories effectively, the details behind his new AI company, and the apps he’s making for Apple Vision Pro at Sandwich Vision.
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Featuring:Adam Lisagor – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:
Sandwich (Video)
useful.computer - The AI app/company Adam and Beamer are working on
Sandwich Vision - Television and Theater apps for Apple Vision Pro
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jul 24, 2024 • 55min
Hyperventilating over the Gartner AI Hype Cycle (Practical AI #279)
This week Daniel & Chris hang with repeat guest and good friend Demetrios Brinkmann of the MLOps Community. Together they review, debate, and poke fun at the 2024 Gartner Hype Cycle chart for Artificial Intelligence. You are invited to join them in this light-hearted fun conversation about the state of hype in artificial intelligence.
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Featuring:Demetrios Brinkmann – XChris Benson – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XDaniel Whitenack – Website, GitHub, XShow Notes:
MLOps Community
MLOps Community Podcast
Gartner Hype Cycle for Artificial Intelligence, 2024
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jul 24, 2024 • 48min
Aha moments reading Go's source: Part 2 (Go Time #324)
Jesús Espino from Mattermost tells Natalie all about (the final four of) his 10 “aha moments” he had reading the Go source code. Don’t miss Part 1!
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Featuring:Jesús Espino – GitHub, XNatalie Pistunovich – GitHub, XShow Notes:
Aha moments: Part 1
Understanding the go runtime
Deep dive into a go binary at Golab
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jul 22, 2024 • 8min
Southwest flies high over CrowdStrike outage (Changelog News #104)
Brendan Gregg details how eBPF can help us have no more blue Fridays, Misty De Meo thinks GitHub is starting to feel like legacy software, Gavin D. Howard does not want Rust to be used for everything, The Notion team published a deep dive into how they used the WASM version of SQLite to improve browser performance & Gregor Ojstersek writes up how to build good relationships inside and outside your engineering teams.
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Featuring:Jerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X

Jul 19, 2024 • 1h 53min
There’s a TUI for that (Changelog & Friends #53)
Nick Janetakis, a TUI enthusiast and returning guest, joins Justin Garrison, creator of the Awesome TUIs repo, to dive deep into text-based user interfaces. They explore the evolution of TUIs compared to traditional command-line tools, discussing new applications that enhance interactivity. The conversation highlights the practical use of terminal tools like Tmux and Lazy Docker for efficient management. They also share personal insights on the challenges and advancements in TUI development, making a compelling case for their role in modern software.

Jul 19, 2024 • 1h 1min
GitLab's infrastructure (Ship It! #113)
Abubakar Siddiq Ango, who advanced from a help desk role to a powerful voice at GitLab, shares his incredible journey. He discusses GitLab's transformation into a comprehensive DevSecOps platform and highlights the importance of empathy in tech management. The conversation touches on developer engagement, the role of community feedback, and innovative approaches to remote hiring. With playful banter about command-line tools and insightful anecdotes about Kubernetes, this chat blends humor with deep tech discussions, making for an engaging experience.

Jul 18, 2024 • 59min
Building LLM agents in JS (JS Party #331)
KBall and returning guest Tejas Kumar dive into the topic of building LLM agents using JavaScript. What they are, how they can be useful (including how Tejas used home-built agents to double his podcasting productivity) & how to get started building and running your own agents, even all on your own device with local models.
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Featuring:Tejas Kumar – GitHub, XKevin Ball – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, XShow Notes:
Bringing the vibe
Andrew Ng on Agentic workflows
Ollama
Mixtral 8x 22b
Stately Agent
Vercel AI SDK
Tejas’s talk on rebuilding React
Hugging Face
Jupyter Notebooks
Datastax
Langflow
Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

Jul 18, 2024 • 47min
Aha moments reading Go's source: Part 1 (Go Time #323)
Jesús Espino, a tech expert from Mattermost, dives into his enlightening journey through the Go source code, revealing six of his memorable 'aha moments.' He explores the secrets of goroutines and their efficiency, and sheds light on Go's compiler optimizations like inlining. Jesús also discusses intriguing concepts such as slices, maps, and channels, and compares Go's memory management to Python's. Expect fascinating insights into programming tools and the evolving landscape of software development.