Heavybit Podcasts

In episode 135 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Birk Jernström of Polar. This talk explores different avenues for supporting maintainers of open source projects and looks specifically at ways to provide better funding for their initiatives.

In episode 63 of o11ycast, Charity and Jess speak with Lukas Fittl of pganalyze about database observability. This talk explores relational database management systems (DBMS), the open source library Sqlcommenter, query plans, and insights on supporting application teams.

Victoria Melnikova from Evil Martians discusses commercializing open source projects, the importance of long-term sustainability, tracking issues and PRs, the state of open source and dev tools, and transitioning from open source maintainer to startup founder.

In episode 62 of o11ycast, Jessica Kerr and Martin Thwaites speak with Doug Ramirez of Uplight. This conversation covers many aspects of adopting OpenTelemetry including integration concerns, social challenges, building trust, and running it at scale. Listen in to find out why after 35 years of diverse experiences across several industries, Doug’s excited about observability.

Brian speaks with Tom Preston-Werner, founder of GitHub and creator of RedwoodJS. They discuss the benefits of using Redwood for web applications, sending local emails with RedwoodJS, an AI tool set called repo query and their visit to the Jelly Belly Factory. They also share excitement about an upcoming event and introduce Spoke, a new platform for project sharing and community building.

In episode 8 of How It's Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Dani Grant, Co-Founder & CEO of Jam. This discussion examines AI and how it can be used to spot bug patterns, the evolving role of QA, and insights on how Jam can be embedded into the developer workflow to improve debugging.

In episode 132 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Pranay Prateek of SigNoz. This talk explores application performance monitoring, insights on utilizing OpenTelemetry, and reasons to consider open source observability solutions instead of those from SaaS vendors.

In episode 7 of How It’s Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Michael Le Bail of Homa Games. This talk explores game testing at Homa, how the lifecycle of a game is managed, the move from manual to automated testing, and how AI is changing the testing space.

In episode 131 of Jamstack Radio, Brian speaks with Christian Stuff and James Hush of Daily. This talk explores virtual meetings, WebRTC, and video technology. Christian and James share insights on building a video call experience in the browser and rising to the demand in recent years for world wide virtual events.

In episode 6 of How It’s Tested, Eden Full Goh speaks with Adam Oxner and Nick Newell of MySwimPro. This talk explores the challenges of testing a wearable device in water. Together they unpack MySwimPro’s platform evolution, day-to-day engineering process, team structure, and toughest challenges. Lastly, they discuss the importance of the human perspective when it comes to product testing.