The Craft Of Open Source

Authorization can be a time-consuming process, but you can never get away from it because it is just as essential to your product and business. What if there is a way to make this easy? With Cerbos, that is possible. Cerbos is the authorization layer for software applications to be able to quickly and securely implement roles and permissions. In this episode, its CEO and Founder Emre Baran joins us to help us get to know the work they are doing and how they have built and grown it. He talks about decoupling authorization, making life easy for developers to implement this. He also breaks down the differences between authorization, authentication, and feature flagging as well as the benefits of open source to developing trust. Emre fills us with so many insights about the world of Cerbos and how they are making authorization simpler. So tune in to this conversation to learn more!

There is fragmentation in the field of AI that no one seems to be taking too seriously. Daniel Lenton, the CEO of Ivy, observed this, finding so many frameworks, models, infrastructures, and hardware that make it hard for collaboration. Helping solve this problem, Ivy was created to unify all Machine Learning (ML) frameworks. In this episode, he tells us how they made it possible to fit these pieces together. Daniel also takes us through his journey prior to Ivy, the walls they hit in the labs, and the lessons they learned overcoming them. Talking about Ivy’s growth, he then shares their success in GitHub and Discord and where they see they’re heading in the future. For more insights about AI, ML frameworks, and open-source technology, join Daniel in this conversation. Find out how Ivy uniquely allows you to bring any model, library, or function into one line of code for your project.

Flagsmith's CEO, Ben Rometsch, is a true champion of open source. His software revolution is turning heads among developers, by unlocking the true potential of simplicity and sustainability in the digital world. In this special interview episode, Jason Bosco from Type Sense takes charge and conducts an exciting conversation with Ben Rometsch. Today’s episode unravels the story behind Flagsmith and the pivotal moments that drove its creation. Jason probes Ben with insightful questions, exploring his decision to embrace open source from the start and the strategic considerations around its future monetization. Together, they discuss the significance of self-hosting for customers and the synergies it brings to software deployment. Ben shares how he approaches positioning the product, bridging the gap between proprietary solutions and an open-source alternative. They also delve into the realm of developer marketing, exploring effective channels and lessons learned. Don't miss out on the exciting glimpse into Flag Smith's future roadmap and the enduring philosophy of simplicity and sustainability in software development. Tune in now!

This whole idea of having an operating system that runs many different programs on one computer is completely outdated and doesn't reflect reality whatsoever. The question is, “What would an operating system look like for something in 2020 to serve up the software?” That's where NanoVMs come in with a unikernel concept. Today, its CEO, Ian Eyberg, takes us into a deep dive into unikernels and how they function. Tune in to discover how to efficiently manage virtual machines and create a truly agile environment for your software development.

In this episode, we welcome Kasra Bigdeli, Engineering Manager at CapRover. He shares how he built an open-source version of Heroku that features one-click apps. He explains how he designed it to be newbie-friendly: easy to navigate and full of contextual help. Kasra also talks about using only organic techniques in marketing CapRover, and now its community is naturally growing with more than a hundred projects.

When you create something you love, it feels good to give it away for people to tinker around and do great things with it. That is what is open-source is all about. But what happens when the cost of maintaining an open-source project becomes too high to sustain? Some people would abandon it, but not Francois Zaninotto, CEO of Marmelab. Realizing the untapped potential of React-Admin, he managed to build a sustainable business model from an open-source core. Find out how he did it in this conversation. Plus, get a glimpse of his other project, GreenFrame.io, which allows users to estimate the carbon emissions linked to user scenarios on a web application and use that information to create a carbon reduction strategy.

Ben Rometsch and Matt Althauser sit down with Shaun Campton, Principal Engineer at Tigera, who shares his experiences as a core developer on Project Calico. He talks about their origins of moving out of the era of doing forklift moves into OpenStack and down the development of network splitting, focusing more on a dynamic firewall approach. He opens up on his experiences writing their first 10,000 lines of code, their identity-based policy, and the value they are offering to clients. Shaun also provides insights on what may be next for Kubernetes and how open-source projects must get ready for any change ahead.

As simple as they seem, feature flags cannot be underestimated. The more you dive into what it offers, the more you realize how much it can clean up your code base. Mike Beamer and Todd Baert saw the value it could further provide and founded OpenFeature. OpenFeature is an open standard for feature flag management, created to support a robust feature flag ecosystem using cloud-native technologies. In this episode, they share with us the work they are doing as well as the genesis of OpenFeature as part of Dynatrace. Mike and Todd then talk about their vision, measuring their progress and success, and what they find exciting about open source projects. What is more, they discuss the diversity of the community in the open source space, highlighting the tremendous value in bringing passions, talents, and support together.

When Guillermo Rauch started Vercel, people asked him, “what came first, the idea of simplifying global delivery or the idea of creating a framework?” He answered, “what about both?” Guillermo explored the conception of a system where it gets better. The more it gets global, the more resilient and dynamic it becomes that the operations go away. In this episode, he tells us how he took on these two problems, watched them co-evolve, and founded Vercel—a platform for frontend developers, providing the speed and reliability innovators need to create at the moment of inspiration. Guillermo shares how they are democratizing access to the server side rendering and lowering the cost with edge functions. He also taps into the importance of developer experience, the challenges they faced along the way, and the future Vercel is heading.

Laravelis one of the most popular PHP web frameworks today and has gained much traction worldwide. However, one thing it doesn't have is a proper e-commerce system. Saurav Pathak took this gap between Laravel and the developer community as a business opportunity. He joins Ben Rometsch to share how he bootstrapped a company called Magisto, an open-source eCommerce ecosystem that provides reliable support to the merchant community. Saurav explains the community management strategies that spelled success for their team, their marketing tactics, and how they drew inspiration(and perform alongside) eCommerce giants like Shopify.