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Jun 5, 2015 • 1h 12min

Sustaining Open Source Software

Mike Perham joined the show to talk about sustaining open source software, living a healthy life, how to treat one another, and more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Toptal – Join Toptal and work with awesome people from anywhere in the world. Freelance with companies like Airbnb, Artsy & IDEO. Featuring:Mike Perham – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Mike Perham is a well known open source software developer and author of the beloved Sidekiq and Inspeqtor. Mike Perham (@mperham) on Twitter Mike Perham on Twitter “I would be happy to chat with podcasters or bloggers about sustainable OSS to raise more awareness of the subject.” Sidekiq - background processing for Ruby Inspeqtor - application infrastructure monitoring The Changelog #130: Inspeqtor and OSS Products with Mike Perham 410 Gone on Twitter: “You can find me on github, but other than that, no more. Sorry. If it’s not directly related to work, I’m done.” 410 Gone on Twitter: “I also feel the need to say that this has been a few years’ coming, if you’re just reading my TL, you probably don’t get it.” Daniel Stenberg (@bagder) on Twitter Burnout — Medium Medium search for “burnout” Hacker News search for “burnout” Rubber duck debugging - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Help Ian Warshak Climb Mt Kilimanjaro (GoFundMe) Buy a Changelog tee shirt for $20 (they’re super comfy) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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May 29, 2015 • 1h 12min

Building Bridges

Sarah Allen, cofounder of RailsBridge and Bridge Foundry, joined the show to talk about the incredible ability to make something with software, leading and teaching a community, teaching programming to kids, programming is a life skill, and more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Toptal – Join Toptal and work with awesome people from anywhere in the world. Freelance with companies like Airbnb, Artsy & IDEO. DigitalOcean – Use the code CHANGELOG to get a $10 hosting credit when you create a new DigitalOcean account Featuring:Sarah Allen – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XBeverly Nelson – GitHub, XShow Notes:In her day job, Sarah works with 18F to transform US Government digital services, and in her spare time works to diversify Ruby on Rails with RailsBridge, and Bridge Foundry. We also have Beverly Nelson joining today’s show as a guest host. Sarah Allen (@ultrasaurus) on Twitter on being an ally - the evolving ultrasaurus the evolving ultrasaurus - Sarah Allen’s reflections on internet software and other topics The Changelog #146: Mind the Gender Parity Gap with Sarah Mei Git Resources for Visual Learners - The Changelog Photosynthesis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia ng-bridge/organizing Bridge Troll railsbridge/bridge_troll 18F/midas Midas ENIAC Kathleen “Kay” McNulty Betty Jean Jennings ENIAC Programmers Project Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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May 22, 2015 • 1h 14min

Modern WordPress using Bedrock and Sage

Ben Word and Scott Walkinshaw joined the show to talk about a more modern WordPress stack, Bedrock and Sage, dependency management, WordPress deployment, smarter development setup with tools like Ansible and Vagrant, and more. If you’re someone who wants to use WordPress in more modern ways, this show is for you. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Toptal – Join Toptal and work with awesome people from anywhere in the world. Freelance with companies like Airbnb, Artsy & IDEO. Code School – Learn to program by doing with hands-on courses. Sign up for Code School at only $19/month. That’s $10 off per month! Featuring:Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Ben and Scott run Roots, a team of folks who help you build better WordPress sites faster with Bedrock and Sage. Ben Word (@retlehs) on Twitter Ben Word (@retlehs) on GitHub Scott Walkinshaw (@swalkinshaw) on Twitter Scott Walkinshaw (@swalkinshaw) on GitHub Roots - Modern WordPress Development Sage - WordPress Starter Theme roots/sage Bedrock - Modern WordPress Stack roots/bedrock Composer - Dependency Manager for PHP Blueprint CSS (super old, but it’s where things began) roots/bedrock-ansible roots/roots-example-project.com [Screencast] Using Composer With WordPress Screencasts from Roots The Changelog #142: Laravel PHP Framework with Taylor Otwell Ansible - DevOps made simple Vagrant - Create and configure lightweight, reproducible, and portable development environments Varying-Vagrant-Vagrants/VVV BrowserSync - Time-saving synchronised browser testing Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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May 19, 2015 • 44min

GopherCon 2015

Brian Ketelsen and Erik St. Martin, the organizers of GopherCon, joined the show to talk about what it takes to create and run a conference like GopherCon, the size of the event, the speaking track, after-parties, hack day, workshops, and more. We also covered their focus on diversity with their Diversity Scholarship Support Fund that anyone can support, even those who don’t plan to attend, as well as their child care options to ensure even those with children have the opportunity to attend. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Featuring:Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Changelog will be at GopherCon 2015! Yes, we’re taking The Changelog and Changelog Films on the road to cover GopherCon 2015 so make sure you say hi when you see us. Erik St. Martin (@erikstmartin) | Twitter erikstmartin (Erik St. Martin) Brian Ketelsen (@bketelsen) | Twitter bketelsen (Brian Ketelsen) Gophercon 2015 Gophercon 2015 - Sponsors GopherCon Kickoff Party - Denver Gophers Meetup (Tuesday, July 7, 2015) Gophercon 2015 - After Party The Changelog’s 2015 Conference Scene · Issue #129 · thechangelog/ping Beyond Code - Season 1 Teaser Changelog Weekly Go in Action Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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May 16, 2015 • 1h 23min

The Future of Node.js

Scott Hammond, the CEO of Joyent, joined the show to talk about the history of Node, Joyent’s interest in Node, how they’ve handled the stewardship of Node over the years, their support of io.js joining Node Foundation, the convergence of the code bases for a stronger more inclusive Node community. At the tail end of the show, just when you think it’s over, keep listening because we got Scott back on the call to discuss the news that came this week of the io.js TC voting to join Node Foundation. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Toptal – Join Toptal and work with awesome people from anywhere in the world. Freelance with companies like Airbnb, Artsy & IDEO. DigitalOcean – Use the code CHANGELOG to get a $10 hosting credit when you create a new DigitalOcean account Featuring:Scott Hammond – Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Joyent has been the core sponsor and steward of Node.js since its beginning. @Scott_Hammond on Twitter Joyent.com Joyent on GitHub @mikeal - “io.js TC just voted to join the Node Foundation.” io.js TC Meeting 2015-05-13 io.js TC Meeting 2015-05-13 Issue on GitHub merge vs rebase ontop of io.js (GitHub Issue #6) Node.js Advisory Board Growing Up - io.js needs a foundation joyent/node iojs/io.js node.js & io.js convergence repo - jasnell/node.js-convergence The Node.js Foundation benefits all Node.js and io.js leaders are building an open, neutral Node.js Foundation to support the future of the platform Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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May 16, 2015 • 1h 12min

All Things Ruby with 2015's Ruby Heroes

Our guests this week are 2015’s RUBY HEROES! Big show today, lots of great Ruby talk with these heroes, great insights from this past year of Ruby, and more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Toptal – Join Toptal and work with awesome people from anywhere in the world. Freelance with companies like Airbnb, Artsy & IDEO. Code School – Learn to program by doing with hands-on courses. Sign up for Code School at only $19/month. That’s $10 off per month! Featuring:Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:And here are this year’s Ruby Heroes: Eileen Uchitelle - @eileencodes Jeremy Evans - @jeremyevans0 Nobuyoshi Nakada - @n0kada Sam Saffron - @samsaffron Sarah Mei - @sarahmei Zachary Scott - @_zzak Ruby Hero Awards Ruby Heroes Awards Video nobu (Nobuyoshi Nakada) eileencodes (Eileen M. Uchitelle) sarahmei (Sarah Mei) zzak (Zachary Scott) jeremyevans (Jeremy Evans) SamSaffron (Sam) hone (Terence Lee) Gregg (Gregg Pollack) mruby ko1 (Koichi Sasada) Opal: Ruby to Javascript Compiler Roda: Routing Tree Web Framework Toolkit seattlerb/minitest discourse/discourse_docker Ruby Together Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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May 1, 2015 • 1h 5min

17 Years of curl

Daniel Stenberg joined the show to talk about curl and libcurl and how he has spent at least 2 hours every day for the past 17 years working on and maintaining curl. That’s over 13k hours! We covered the origins of curl, how he chooses projects to work on, why he has remained so dedicated to curl all these years, the various version control systems curl has used, licensing, and more. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Toptal – Join Toptal and work with awesome people from anywhere in the world. Freelance with companies like Airbnb, Artsy & IDEO. Featuring:Daniel Stenberg – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:We talk through the past 17 years of this staple tool to the community and hear what Daniel has learned on his journey. Follow Daniel on Twitter daniel.haxx.se Daniel Stenberg on YouTube curl and libcurl curl on the NASDAQ tower curl, 17 years old today curl - Changes curl - Companies Using curl curl - Man page curl - THANKS Make a Donation to the curl Project The commit that started it all – bagder/curl Listen to the teaser for this episode to learn about a “magic feature” of curl that’s been there for over 6 years Richard Stallman’s Personal Page Richard Stallman - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Linus Torvalds - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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Apr 30, 2015 • 2min

BONUS — Magic cURL Feature

This is a bonus clip from the after call with Daniel Stenberg for episode #153. Daniel shared the details of a “magic feature” in cURL that’s been there for over 6 years. It’s a feature he feels most people don’t know exists. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Featuring:Daniel Stenberg – Website, GitHub, Mastodon, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:To start using this “magic feature”, create a .curlrc dotfile in your root with the following settings to set the -O flag by default on all URLs fetched using cURL. # Default to -O --remote-name-all Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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Apr 24, 2015 • 1h 23min

TypeScript and open source at Microsoft

Anders Hejlsberg and Jonathan Turner from the TypeScript team at Microsoft joined the show to talk about TypeScript, a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript from Microsoft. We cover Microsoft’s acceptance and support of open source, why they open sourced TypeScript, the language design, adoption, how to get started, and the future of the language. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Toptal – Join Toptal and work with awesome people from anywhere in the world. Freelance with companies like Airbnb, Artsy & IDEO. DigitalOcean – Use the code CHANGELOG to get a $10 hosting credit when you create a new DigitalOcean account Featuring:Anders Hejlsberg – GitHub, XJonathan Turner – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Anders is the language architect and Jonathan is the Program Manager for TypeScript. Roadmap · Microsoft/TypeScript Wiki Microsoft/TypeScript Welcome to TypeScript Follow Jonathan Turner on Twitter Follow Anders Hejlsberg on Twitter Delphi (programming language) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Turbo Pascal - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Handbook - Welcome to TypeScript Microsoft/TypeScript-Sublime-Plugin palantir/eclipse-typescript atom-typescript borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped Home | DefinitelyTyped TypeScript/spec.md at master · Microsoft/TypeScript Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs (Prentice-Hall Series in Automatic Computation): Niklaus Wirth: 9780130224187: Amazon.com: Books Niklaus Wirth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Architectural Overview · Microsoft/TypeScript Wiki The Changelog #134: Open Sourcing .NET Core with the Microsoft .NET team The Changelog #148: The State of Go in 2015 with Andrew Gerrand The Changelog #151: Rust with Steve Klabnik and Yehuda Katz Monaca Gerrit Code Review Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!
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Apr 11, 2015 • 1h 22min

The Rust Programming Language

Steve Klabnik and Yehuda Katz joined the show to talk about the Rust Programming Language, a systems programming language from Mozilla Research. We covered memory safety without garbage collection, security, the Rust 1.0 Beta, getting started with Rust, and we even hypothesize about the future of the Rust. Join the discussionChangelog++ members support our work, get closer to the metal, and make the ads disappear. Join today!Sponsors:Codeship – If it works with Docker, it works with Codeship Jet. Toptal – Join Toptal and work with awesome people from anywhere in the world. Freelance with companies like Airbnb, Artsy & IDEO. DigitalOcean – Use the code CHANGELOG to get a $10 hosting credit when you create a new DigitalOcean account Featuring:Steve Klabnik – Website, GitHub, XYehuda Katz – Website, GitHub, XAdam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XJerod Santo – GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, XShow Notes:Steve and Yehuda are core team members of Rust. Steve Klabnik Yehuda Katz Steve Klabnik comments on “Rust 1.0.0 beta is here!” on Reddit Rust Means Never Having to Close a Socket The Rust Programming Language The Rust Programming Language on Reddit Style Guidelines Cargo, Rust’s Package Manager Zinc: An experimental attempt to write an ARM stack that would be similar to CMSIS or mbed in capabilities but would show rust’s best safety features applied to embedded development. Skylight Is the six-week release cycle too frequent? - Proposals - Ember.JS Yehuda Katz on Twitter: “Just posted a long set of thoughts on the 6-week-release-cycle discussion we’ve been having on the Ember Discourse” Let’s Talk About Rust by Yehuda Katz - Confreaks TV The Rust Book Rust by Example Rust for Rubyists Rust Users Forum Rust Development Forum (Internals) Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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